Salton Sea

Small "take aways":  Slab City is an abandoned WWII military base.   Salton Sea was formed in 1905 due to flooding of Colorado River water.  Were it not for the Colorado River delta, Salton Sea would be the northern end of the Gulf of Califonia (Sea of Cortez).   Current lake level is about 230 feet below sea level.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vwXFwlIys&list=WL&index=19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2TGqGSvS8s

He mentions by-passing a "factory" which he apparently considered ugly.  In fact, he shows one of eleven geothermal plants that are in the area:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Buttes

This from Bombay Beach, not far from Slab City.

For more detail:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/931Zd4Bobu8E8tq46

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Ship_of_the_Desert

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Beach,_California

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California