The Salton Sea: California's Abandoned Paradise

[@ruthacuna4385]

Just visited and it's shocking to see the abandoned buildings but over all the poor population living there. Broke my heart. Thank you for your film, well done.

[@jdandyfilms]

It’s shocking what’s become of it! Couldn’t believe it myself. I’m interested what it will look like in 5-10 years. Thanks for the kind words! I’ll be making a lot more

[@olliesgrandad]

Visited the Salton Sea in January 2004. Looks like there are a lot more people living there now and a lot less water. One of the most amazing places I've ever seen -especially at that time of the year with all the birds

[@jdandyfilms]

It’s a fascinating place! I plan on visiting again sometime early next year to see if anything has changed

[@scottfowler4685]

Just stumbled on your channel, WOW, nice job bringing us alone on your trip

[@jdandyfilms]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you came along for the journey!

[@howardb.6205]

Rockstar attention to detail is second to none. The lupin too

[@jdandyfilms]

Thanks! That's so awesome to hear

[@mtsky-tc6uw]

back in the 60ties we would bird hunt on the south end of the lake-- was a teenager then but seemed like a normal place

[@jdandyfilms]

Would have loved to experience it then!

[@philipmendisco6656]

Duck hunting? I used to fill out reservation cards for opening day at all the refuges...Salton sea was one of them. Was the hunting any good? What kind of birds

[@ElenaWise8]

I definitely want to visit. So sad this place got polluted.

[@jdandyfilms]

definitely check it out! It's very unique

[@leociresi4292]

Salvation Mountain! You’re our only hope!

[@markncoffey]

Fair play Dandy! Very well put together vid. Randomly came across your video when searching the Salton Sea and what a coincidence it turned out to be

[@jdandyfilms]

Hey Mark! Thanks for the kind words. Im glad you found me and enjoyed the video!

[@ivetteolivares9387]

Crazy how it’s filled with history and it’s not taken care of!

[@jdandyfilms]

yes, quite sad! hopefully things change

[@MilesCobbett]

Going there in the early 1960's was a blast. Great sailing

[@plutoplatters]

I remember our neighbors coming home with huge Corbina from the SS .... around 62-64 ish

[@jdandyfilms]

would have loved to experience that. sadly it was 30 years before my existence

[@clintonearlwalker]

Great video, thanx! I'm here because of "the big melt". Several lakes in CA are filling back up, doesn't look like the Salton Sea is one of them though.

[@karnubawax]

None of the snow melt make it that far. The only water going in that lake is agricultural runoff - hence the pollution.

[@clintonearlwalker]

@@karnubawax It's sad.

[@DitchDigger311]

I visited the Salton Sea. Looks very post-apocalyptic. Gave me Mad Max and Fallout vibes.

[@thoughtquake7516]

Thanks for being so respectful of this area and its inhabitants. So many of the creators who post content on here about the Salton Sea just seem to want to exploit its more freakish and bizarre aspects for clicks.

[@jdandyfilms]

Thanks for the kind words! Thats exactly what I didn’t want to do and I’m glad it shows

[@BossDillman-ue1mx]

We would fish there in the early 60's. It always seemed to be very windy like you were on a sea. It smelled salty and stinky with hundreds of dead fish washed up on shore. I always enjoyed those trips. Lots to see and do. Very pretty and strange. A literal ocean in the middle of this huge desert made it different.

[@jdandyfilms]

It’s a very odd and unique place. Would love to have seen it in its heyday

[@yolandasandoval7561]

So sad that a place that used to be a wonderful place to visit ended up like that, I remember when I was around 7 yrs old we went on a boat ride and after that we had lunch, I'm now 68 yrs old. Wonder if I'll see it the way it was or better.

[@jdandyfilms]

It’s very sad indeed! I wish I could go back in time and see it during its glory days

[@karnubawax]

Went there in August once... ONCE! It was 107 degrees. And you can thank God smell-a-vision doesn't exist. It took a week of driving with all the windows open to get the stink out of the car. I'd say Bombay Beach in the summer is the closest you can get to hell without actually going there.

[@jdandyfilms]

Haha it is unbearably hot in the summer. I was melting when I was there in April

[@BossDillman-ue1mx]

You have been there

[@billbright1755]

America’s vacation wonderland.

[@jdandyfilms]

I take my wife and kid there every summer (I’m single and have no children)

[@trudieristich795]

When I was a kid in the 60s, my dad used to take us There and we would sled behind The boat. It was beautiful, then we had tons of fun. Weird seeing it now. I'm 64.

[@jdandyfilms]

Sounds so cool! If only I had a Time Machine

[@carlachambers3771]

I heard it Stinks😮

[@jdandyfilms]

it smells terrible

[@NadinZarinova]

Wow I wanna go there right now

[@jdandyfilms]

I’ll meet you there

[@leociresi4292]

The “sand” is actually the bones of dead fish!

[@markmiller5614]

Good job..

[@jdandyfilms]

Thank you Mark!

[@gilbertferguson1685]

Fascinating. Thanks for the video, well done.

[@jdandyfilms]

Thank you! Im glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidhenning3607]

To bad they couldn't get some of that water from lake tular

[@jdandyfilms]

If only! That would be a convenient fix

[@Joe-ng5ez]

can you stay in one of the motels in salton sea or will your car get broken into/ Thank You

[@jdandyfilms]

@@Joe-ng5ez I’ve had friends stay in airbnbs in Bombay beach and nothing happened. Just don’t leave valuables in your car and you should be fine!

[@Joe-ng5ez]

@@jdandyfilms OK i know there are 3 motels around the sea .one in Niland and 2 on the other side ..Thank YOU

[@TriRabbi]

If I had the ambition, I would lead a project to connect the Salton Sea two-way with the ocean so that its water would be refreshed once every 3 years or so, and would turn the land around it into prime real estate. There would be lithium mining and energy production.

[@jdandyfilms]

can I join you on this project?

[@BossDillman-ue1mx]

I will generously donate all my family's land there for a nominal charge.

[@jimsandyrobinson3446]

Fished there in the 70s. great fishing , and water sports. At that time the ranchers in the valley were leaching their fields to get more farm land. That was the end of the sea. All they would need to do is run a couple large pipes from the Sea Of Cortez and they would have all the fresh saltwater they would need. It would come back beter than it was. But that will never happen because of all the money guys mining the south end of the sea. To hell with us little guys. The need to make their money and then leave it worst than it is now.

[@jdandyfilms]

Such a shame! I’d love to see the area revived and restored to its former beauty. It’s sad how decisions made for profit can have such lasting impacts on places like this. Hopefully, someday, there’ll be a chance for positive change!

[@Lookingatya]

Dangerous dust, sadly those Wealthy California Government folks are Not taking accountability to fix a past Engineering error....which filled the basin in the first place....🤯🤢 next step more destructive choices...Lithium mining😳

[@WandaandSteveCreations]

Yes, I read somewhere that the lake is full of Lithium, which is used to make batteries.

[@billrey8221]

newsom's new California?

[@stickynorth]

They really need to stabilize the lake/sea water level as well as take steps to reduce it salinity... Perhaps this can be done in conjunction with lithium extraction projects slated for the area since it has the best lithium bring reserves in North America and contains enough of the material to make like 375,000,000 full-sized lithium-ion car batteries using existing/wasteful chemistries that are already reducing both the need for quantity of lithium itself but also other precious rare-earth minerals... After all in 2024? The Chinese are launching sodium-ion batteries in entry level EV's...

[@jdandyfilms]

I hope they can do that sooner than later or else its going to become a very messy situation in the desert!

[@BossDillman-ue1mx]

radioactive lithium?

[@uhadme]

Eventually you'll figure out Mulholland stole the 4th largest lake in California, back in 1913. Downstream suffered too.. created the high desert in Mojave, Apple Valley, all the way to Salton Sea... took the inland oasis. Thank the LADWP, created the EPA #! rated worst manmade disaster in USA

[@jdandyfilms]

Owens lake correct? That would make for an interesting video

[@TNT_FPV]

i almost flinched when i saw the close call with the drone ... im a drone guy 4:33

[@jdandyfilms]

imagine how I felt as I was flying it haha. made for a cool shot in that end

[@Derek032789]

This is America’s Aral Sea.

[@jdandyfilms]

The Aral sea makes the Salton sea look like Lake Michigan 🤣

[@Derek032789]

@@jdandyfilms Even in its heyday, it was known that the Salton Sea would eventually die due to pollution and rising salinity levels. It took a while for environmental degradation to reach a critical stage.

[@ChildrensSongStorytimeCorner]

Short sightedness killed the Salton Sea. It needed an ocean link to remain healthy and sustainable and farmer legislation for making nitrates illegal within 50km of shoreline! The State of California is to blame 100%!

[@TomHogan-i1y]

Blame the current governer for this? You are pitiful

[@jdandyfilms]

Im pitiful or is the governor pitiful?

[@douglaswulff6441]

This is what Progressive America looks like!😂

[@mobileplayers5008]

I don't get it why people experienced ashma when they don't even have it? Also why that biggest humans made sea is so deserted in population? I barely see anyone wants to live there in theirs houseboats or yachts. Man that sea just looks dead. It about two hours where I live and I was thinking about buying a houseboat n live there but now im changing my minds.

[@jdandyfilms]

I think some develop it because of the awful air quality! The sea is definitely dead/dying and not getting better. Might be a tough place to move to!

[@mtsky-tc6uw]

it would be like living on the giant great salt lake--not much going on that either--all the old hot spots are shut down,gone away

[@karnubawax]

Go there in the summer, stand on the "beach" composed of fish bones, and take a big whiff. That'll tell you why. I'm sure a houseboat would just disintegrate.