"Salton Sea" is a vivid depiction of one of the Western world's greatest failures in both planned communities & man-made lakes. The rot and sludge created by chemical run-off, pulverized fish bodies and water teeming with cultures of bacteria, encapsulated our ability to affect the landscape and ignore our errors. It was once an effort to create a paradisaical oasis in the Californian desert but now stands s a grave miscalculation (and the impact of ignoring scientific estimations.) The community there is now destitute, filled with empty houses and abandoned infrastructure. It is important to observe and remember these places...we can never outlive our mistakes if we simply choose to forget them.