To celebrate the New Year of 2009, Nate and I drove out to the Salton Sea 1/1/2009. A place that had come up in conversation quite a bit. We did not find the ruins and urban decay of the once flourishing town, after all, that would've required driving around the sea and we just wanted to get some photos of the sea itself. We found the nature reserve area and proceeded on our photographic excursion. These are a few of my favorite shots! This will get framed! I love the natural blend of colors in this one. A bird disappears into the sea for the hunt. the glow of stagnant water... here a bio process is giving this effect to the surface of the sea. Salt deposits. Wee three birds... Algea and gas bubbles more algea and gas bubbles The parade. Camera used Nikon D60