A Poor Man's Badwater

[JimFox]

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

 

[Jeffrey]

Nice imaging Jim. You know I like that style.

 

[Mike Lewis]

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

 

[Jameel Hyder]

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

 

[AlanLichty]

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

 

[MonikaC]

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!

 

[JimFox]

Nice imaging Jim. You know I like that style.

Thanks Jeffrey! It was fun to find.

 

[JimFox]

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

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

 

[JimFox]

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

I appreciate that Alan!

 

[JimFox]

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

It was a really cool find I thought. Thanks!

 

[JimFox]

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!

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