![]() In the early 2010s, life found a way back to Bombay Beach – thanks to the arts. After experiencing devastating floods and rising salt levels slowly killing off its marine life, Bombay Beach became more or less of a ghost town, a shadow of its idyllic past.īut that's not where this story ends. ![]() Masses began flocking to Bombay Beach to enjoy all that its pristine shoreline had to offer. Established in the early 1920s, the town is nestled on the shore of the Salton Sea, a body of water created by accident at the beginning of the 20th century when the Colorado River irrigation system flooded the area. Most of the residents of this town – known as Bombay Beach – abandoned it in the 1970s after a series of ecological disasters rendered nearly inhospitable.īefore then, it would be safe to say that Bombay Beach was thriving. Out in the desert of California lies a town that was left almost entirely empty for decades. Severe flooding and dead fish turned a once thriving seaside community into a ghost town.īut through art, the town, which is now home to just 231 residents, has been reborn. ![]() David McNew/Getty Images for LumixĪfter ecological disaster struck a California town in the 1970s, locals abandoned it in droves. Bombay Beach photographed on December 26, 2018, near Calipatria, California. ![]()
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