SOS: The Salton Sea Walk (2017) on Netflix
NR20171h 4mDocumentary
As the lake dries, exposed lake bed holding a century of farm chemicals could send toxic dust toward cities in the Southwest. Activist Randy Brown sets out to walk its entire shoreline.
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The Salton Sea sits 230 feet below sea level in a pocket of Southern California's Colorado Desert, and it is the state's largest lake. It has been drying up for years, and after 2017 a water transfer from rural areas to cities is expected to speed the shrinkage. As the water retreats, acres of lake bed are exposed. That playa holds a hundred years of farm chemicals, which could be lifted into the air and drift as toxic dust toward population centers in the Southwest. Much of the region pays the sea little attention. Randy Brown, a community activist, decides to raise awareness by doing something no one has done: walking the entire shoreline. In June 2015, with temperatures near 120 degrees, he begins a journey of 115 miles.
