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fainfrumos · 7 months

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Beach corner, Chania [07.10.23]

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bubblesymphony · 8 months

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Deck Awnings in Philadelphia Deck - mid-sized coastal rooftop deck idea with an awning

#city deck #summer fun #summer in the city #beach in the city #bright colors

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doctorjohnsmith · 8 months

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Beach Style Deck - Deck Mid-sized beach style rooftop deck photo with an awning

#summer entertaining #one of a kind center table #city deck #summer fun #bright colors #sunny designs #beach in the city

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yuri-on-ice-ice-baby · 8 months

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Beach Style Deck Example of a mid-sized beach style rooftop deck design with an awning

#summer fun #bright colors #city deck #city oasis #summer entertaining #beach in the city

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chonxevn · 9 months

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Beach Style Deck - Deck An illustration of a medium-sized rooftop deck in the beach style with an awning

#one of a kind center table #summer in the city #beach in the city #summer entertaining #city oasis

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rachelsfindings · 10 months

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Beach Style Deck Example of a mid-sized beach style rooftop deck design with an awning

#summer fun #bright colors #city deck #city oasis #summer entertaining #beach in the city

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ama-mori · 11 months

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Beach Style Deck - Deck Mid-sized beach style rooftop deck photo with an awning

#summer entertaining #one of a kind center table #city deck #summer fun #bright colors #sunny designs #beach in the city

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chillyfeetsteak · 4 months

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I first became fascinated with it a few years ago when I noticed it out an airplane window on a flight from Texas to Southern California. In an expanse of endless desert, suddenly, a vast body of water. When I got home, I immediately looked it up on a map. The Salton Sea.

It’s the largest landlocked body of water in California. It sits right on top of the San Andreas Fault at over 200 feet below sea level. It is more than twice as salty as the Pacific Ocean. It is completely toxic. And I had never heard of it before then.

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In the early 1900s the Colorado River was diverted through a series of irrigation canals in order to provide water for the farmlands of Imperial Valley. One of the head-gates broke during a flood, and the desert basin filled with water for 2 years before it was fixed. The unexpected lake soon became a popular vacation destination; it was stocked with fish, and resorts and hotels popped up along its shores. It became known as a great place for sport fishing, waterskiing, and yacht parties. Big name celebrities visited. At one point, it had more annual visitors than Yosemite.

Salton Sea has no outlet, and is only filled via agricultural runoff. As the water evaporated in the hot desert sun, the lake became more and more saline. Chemicals began to build up from the run off causing toxic algae blooms, and mass die-offs of fish and birds started in the 80s. By the 90s, the beaches were littered with fish gills and bird bones and the resorts were abandoned. The lake began to dry up as irrigation run-off was diverted away. The exposed lake bed is also toxic, and the high desert winds kick up the dust, making the air poisonous.

Despite the unpleasant odor, the noxious air and the summer temperatures regularly reaching 120°, a renaissance of sorts began in the early 2010s. Artist and nomad colonies began to spring up around Salton Sea. Bombay Beach, once a popular resort destination, is now mostly a ghost town, but the folks who remain have turned the ruins on the shores into an outdoor art installation gallery where the found-art sculptures are cyclically destroyed by the elements and then replaced with new ones. Many of the houses and RVs in town are themselves art pieces.

In nearby Slab City, a settlement of off-the-grid lifestylers, you can find even more folk art. Salvation Mountain is a manmade hill painted with bright colors and bible verses and maintained by a community of volunteers. East Jesus is a sculpture garden and art installation.

This past weekend my partner and I finally made the pilgrimage to the Sea. California has the benefit of being home to a huge array of biomes. In just a couple of hours you can travel from snowy mountain peaks to lush oases to endless sand dunes. Driving the hour or so south from Palm Springs towards Salton Sea is like driving towards the end of the world.

Bombay Beach especially enamored me. The beach is crusted with salt and millions of tiny shells and bones. It smells awful, like sewage and chemicals and low-tide and rotting fish. You drive out onto the beach and park anywhere amongst the sculptures and deteriorating resort ruins. The art feels raw in a way I haven’t experienced before. It reminds me of seeing paleolithic cave art. Humans made this, with no motivation other than to create something intriguing or beautiful or sad. Not much can live out here, but what you find fills me with a great adoration for humanity. Despite the asphyxiation of the natural world, the human spirit persists.

#im sure most people know about this place but i didnt so!!#i hated writing essays in school but now in my 30s i do it for fun apparently #photos are all mine except the first one #salton sea #bombay beach #slab city #salvation mountain

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juney-blues · 1 month

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For the last time, the Diamond Authority in Steven Universe isn't a stand-in for actual fascism, it's a vehicle for the queer power fantasy of getting your transphobic grandma to understand.

#juney.txt #steven universe #you just wanted the show to be something it isn't. to focus more on the cool space empire rather than interpersonal relationships #and are then refusing to meet the show where it's at.#this is also why people dislike the episodes that focus on the people who live in beach city. and decry those episodes as ''filler''

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gatsbycodes · 1 year

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Beach Style Deck Philadelphia Mid-sized beach style rooftop deck photo with an awning

#beach in the city #sunny designs #summer in the city #city deck #deck #summer entertaining #summer fun

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monikabose · 1 year

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Deck Awnings in Philadelphia Deck - mid-sized coastal rooftop deck idea with an awning

#city deck #summer fun #summer in the city #beach in the city #bright colors

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ello-meno-p · 1 year

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Rooftop Philadelphia Ideas for a medium-sized, awning-equipped coastal rooftop deck

#summer fun #sunny designs #summer in the city #one of a kind center table #beach in the city #rooftop #city oasis

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bloggingmiles · 1 year

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Beach Style Deck - Deck

#An illustration of a medium-sized rooftop deck in the beach style with an awning one of a kind center table #summer in the city #beach in the city #summer entertaining #city oasis

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kiwibrain · 3 months

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✨(You and your family members decided to stay in Bambouche for a bit longer)✨

BEACH EPISODE PART 2

#i went to the beach for summer vacay like 2 weeks ago #and you know bambouche is a coastal city so i liked the idea of them relaxing post game at the beach :)#dw bonnie is behind the camera with their sister playing in the water #youll see ;D #in stars and time #in stars and time spoilers #isat #isat spoilers #isat siffrin #isat mirabelle #isat isabeau #isat odile #my art

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deadmotelsusa · 6 months

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Miracle Strip Amusement Park was a theme park located in Panama City Beach, Florida. It operated from 1963 to 2004 and featured multiple rides, including Dante's Inferno, pictured here. After the park closed, a few of its rides were taken apart and moved to different parks. Some remained and slowly decayed for the next 5 years until the park was leveled. Today, the only remains of the park are sidewalks, concrete barriers, foundations and the main thoroughfare, which is overgrown with weeds. Sources: BeachTV and Steve Sobczuk

#miracle strip amusement park #panama city beach #florida #abandoned

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reminis8e · 3 months

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blue hour

#blue hour #city #nature #sunset #travelling #adventure #naturecore #travel #explore #exploring #aesthetic #beauty of nature #beach #sunny #dark academia #photoshoot

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