A Poor Man's Badwater

Along the I-15 West of Baker in California there is an abandoned water park in the middle of the desert. It's covered in graffiti and a fun place to photograph. This isn't that, but on the way to my driving to it at sunset last night I saw this abandoned gas station, so I stopped to photograph it.

As soon as I walked up to it, I saw the patterns in the ground that immediately reminded me of the salt hexagons from Badwater Basin in Death Valley.

iPhone 17 Pro as I am in the road.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

Nice imaging Jim. You know I like that style.

Looks like a movie set from the next Mad Max movie Really cool capture, and I see the resemblance with the ground patterns for sure.

ML

Interesting place with the graffiti on the structure standing out. Nice light and sky.

This is some serious serendipity with the dead grass polygons anchoring the spray can paints jobs in front of a nice sunset.

Interesting/colorful old gas station. Nice combination of colors & lines with the grass polygons (wonder what created them, as I'm sure it's not thermokarst in the desert) and sunset colors. Great find, Jim!

Jeffrey said:

Nice imaging Jim. You know I like that style.

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Thanks Jeffrey! It was fun to find.

Mike Lewis said:

Looks like a movie set from the next Mad Max movie Really cool capture, and I see the resemblance with the ground patterns for sure.

ML

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It does really feel like a scene out of a sci-fi movie.

AlanLichty said:

This is some serious serendipity with the dead grass polygons anchoring the spray can paints jobs in front of a nice sunset.

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I appreciate that Alan!

Jameel Hyder said:

Interesting place with the graffiti on the structure standing out. Nice light and sky.

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It was a really cool find I thought. Thanks!

MonikaC said:

Interesting/colorful old gas station. Nice combination of colors & lines with the grass polygons (wonder what created them, as I'm sure it's not thermokarst in the desert) and sunset colors. Great find, Jim!

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Thanks Monika! Yeah, with the patterns I was thinking maybe it's asphalt or concrete broken and then covered with dirt? Not sure.

Looks like the graffiti is holding the structure up. Beautiful image though.

John Holbrook said:

Looks like the graffiti is holding the structure up. Beautiful image though.

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Thanks so much John! Yeah, it probably is.