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  • A group of friends gaze over Tidal Basin beneath a grove of cherry blossoms on the morning of Monday, April 13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.
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  • People line the Potomac River to watch the annual fireworks display over the national mall on July 4th, 2016. While low clouds obscured a large portion of the display, those close to their launch point still enjoyed quite a show.
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  • A forest is reflected in the still water of east branch reservoir in the early morning after sunrise near Brewster, New York.
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  • A large flock of birds swoop past the Washington Monument still undergoing repairs in the early morning.
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  • Located 100 miles East of San Diego in the Imperial Valley, The Salton Sea was created in 1905 when the Colorado River and its tributaries flooded. The floodwaters filled the valley basin, creating almost overnight the largest freshwater lake in California. In the 1950's and 60's, real estate developers worked to make Salton City the next Palm Springs/Lake Tahoe, laying entire street and electricity grids, planting trees, stocking the sea with millions of game fish and dredging wharves for speedboats and yachts to accommodate vacationers. However, little attention was paid to the health of the Sea itself. <br />
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Chemical laden runoff from the surrounding agriculture of the Valley paired with rising salinity from evaporation poisoned the Salton Sea. By the 1990's fish and birds washed ashore in die offs numbering in the millions, creating a permanently foul stench in the air. Salton City, and the surrounding communities were largely abandoned to the elements. Much of the infrastructure still remains, with streets leading no where, docks over dry land and houses encrusted in salt.
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