GHOST TOWN - Exploring The Polluted Salton Sea and ABANDONED Bombay Beach 4K
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Join us as we visit the The Salton Sea and Bombay Beach in California.
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I really dont understand how you guys dont get more views. The Grimm Life Collective is now me and my husbands favorite channel. Thank you for sharing your spooky adventures
I was thinking the exact same thing! I came across this channel, and I’ve been hooked!! I love this couple and their videos!!! I would so enjoy letting them and getting to go with them to see places!!
@@brentm8863 Count me in as a ditto with what you & @Sampflu have said about grimmlife collective.
I'm always rewatching videos before I travel. The Grimms are the best tour guides.
The phone booth on the beach made me think of a story I heard on This American Life about a non working phone booth in Japan where people go to talk to their deceased loved ones. This whole video had an otherworldly feel to it. 🧡
I have one for my sister on her gravesite
It just amazes me how vast and how many different landscapes the US really has. I’ve driven from Ohio to California with friends and it was the most amazing experience. Love your videos and so glad that I get to experience different eerie, spooky, and mysterious places with ya’ll. Also have to say I always love your choice in music for each video!
Ohio lol my flat currently but grew up in Kingman Arizona so this place has a special place in my heart, I hope I get to visit at least once I really miss the desert my opinion the best place to live on earth
Thanks for showing some love to our beautiful desert! As a local, this place has special meaning to me and many other people and you guys did a great job exploring it. The art colony is just the right touch of quirk on an otherwise alien landscape and the Ski Inn is legendary. Keep up the great work! Also loving the cinematic widescreen treatment 👌
One of my most favorite places in the world. Those billboards were put up there recently. More artists are starting to make their mark with the installations. I prefer it before the art showed up when it was "pure" and genuinely decrepit, but it's all part of the evolution. There are still 100 million fish in there, despite the salt level. Part of the reason for it's decline has been the mass fish die offs, hurricanes and that it is right on the San Andreas fault. Check out "Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea" here on UA-cam, narrated by John Waters.
The Salton seas only source of water is farm runoff and s polluted river from Mexico. Soon theyll be another fish die off of 20 million in 1 day
I think the art installations kind of ruin it. Besides, if I can make it then it's not art.
Yeah no there is no fish in the salton sea and there hasn’t been since the 80s as for hurricanes I don’t think you realize it’s in the middle of nowhere there’s no hurricanes anywhere near the salton sea and that’s coming from someone who grew up in westmorland not even 15 minutes from the salton sea
Hey Grimm's, greetings from Berlin, Germany and thanks for all your amazing videos. Much appreciated. :)
This episode was mind blowing. Art around a failed man made creation. A Very stand alone and unique place . . As usual.guys. Brilliant and done with passion . Thank you so much .🇬🇧
Surprised no one has mentioned this is where the Sandy shores and Alamo sea area of Grand Theft Auto V are based on, where Trevor Phillips lives. Cool to see the real place.love the channel
Ohhhh, you give me hives!
Whoop whoop 🤗 your videography is outstanding, and the background music went perfectly!
I very rarely ever leave comments but was compelled to do so now for some reason. The Salton Sea has fascinated me for years, as is the case with most abandoned places, even though it's not quite abandoned. I've been going through an extremely hard time this year & at the moment your videos are massively helping me get through each day. You two are more awesome than you'll ever know, big love from Dublin, Ireland ❤❤❤🤘
I really enjoy watching these adventure tours where you take us back to another time and place and even though places like Bombay Beach is not considered a historical site, just by looking around gives me a sense of loss.
It is the art work and the few locals that keeps it alive.
I'm looking forward when you go back and revisit the beach in a few months ahead.
Don't forget to pack a lunch, your notebook and pens and stickers for the mail boxes :)
It looks like Steven Seagal on the ice cream truck :) thank you for this gorgeous video of a place i had no idea exists and i live in Los Angeles! Blessings Spookies!
Love this and Jessicas hair. Great videography! 🖤
Hmmmmmmm....
As a longtime resident of Bombay Beach, I'm very pleased that you appreciate the beauty of the desert and the 'magical' nature of this place.
But...
Since you scouted the area before this video was shot, it would've been nice if you had spoken to some locals and regular visitors a bit more first.
Had you done that, parts of this video would be more informative and accurate and factual. There would be less supposition and assumption and puzzlement about the history of this area and what is happening now.
That being said, we do deeply appreciate y'all raising awareness of this place and your wonder of it's wondrousness.
Thank you so much!
Hope to see you next time.
Travel happy and safe...
P.s.- it was a Helm's Bakery truck. The mural portrait is Steven Segal(titled 'Steven Seagull") by noted Belgian artist Charlotte deCock.
And the lake is NOT toxic.
Hey Steve, I’m planning to coming there in the near future to make a video. It would be great to get in touch so we can have an accurate portrayal and insider view of Bombay Beach. Lemme know if you’re interested? Thanks.
You drove a white '69 Impala.......
@@BUKHAREE of course! I'm happy for what you're doing.
This is seriously one of the most beautifully made vlogs just solely on your camera and the way this was shot. The content speaks for itself, but I can't get over how awe struck I am over the footage itself.
Thank you Becky. Thanks for watching
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salton sea philosophy.....rip anthony bourdain...great work!
You captured some surreal, yet awesome spots!! Yep, the Salton Sea was for a time a getaway for many folks and celebrities. Frank Sinatra was said to visit the location frequently. Also for your info, the Salton Sea was a Hollywood shooting location for the 1942 Paramount movie Wake Island.
Just had a conversation with the couple you met at the Bombay Cafe. Apparently they were staying in El Centro CA, located at a RV resort. I’m much younger than they were as I was visiting my dad, but when we had began to discuss Bombay beach (since I am a former local visiting from Portland) they mentioned there were two UA-camrs, and I correctly guessed it was “Grim Life Collective” lol I’ve been following you guys for some time, glad to see your channel continue to grow!
I've always loved the calm and quiet locations. You can spend more time taking it all in and notice a lot more. The cinematic quality is a nice touch to the video btw.
I’m so happy you both visited this area! I’m absolutely in love with that whole town. This was so well documented. You all did such a great job at showing how unique and wonderful it is. We went there during the summer and it was so hot my phone overheated and turned off lol so it was nice to see and re-live all the things I couldn’t capture. This is hands down one of my favorite videos you guys have done 🙌
Our family used to vacation there every summer when I was a kid, 4 - 10 years of age. Loved the fishing, skiing & boating. I don't know who is in charge of the area now, but it used to be the National Park Service. Had rangers all over the area, including at the entrances to collect fees and assign camp sites. Thank you for covering the area, really enjoyed the video!
I remember visiting this place back in the summer of 1977 when Star Wars first came out. On the way home my brother drove and we heard the Meco rendition of the Star Wars theme on the radio. The DJ came on before it played and said, "The most requested song of the hour!" They played the song then the DJ came back on and said, "My program director corrected me. "Most requested song of the hour???? Try the most requested song of the DAY!" I remember that as being the highlight of our trip there. We swam, my aunt and uncle boated, some of the kids went water skiing. It was an interesting day. Now to see it like this -- blows my mind. Thanks for sharing the art left behind. It brightens the place up! Definitely a far cry from when we visited it.
Another great video of a fantastic place. Oh hey. Bonolith is the name of the next U2 album.
My Aunt and Uncle lived there in their retirement. It was a trailer park called the fountain of youth. I'd go visit them it was so nice. One of my favorite places.
Thank you guys this is my favorite video. It's takes me back from my youth to my adulthood. As a child my Dad went fishing at this sea. I remember coming here and seeing dead fish all around. My sister and I were about 6 and 8 and we pooked the dead fishes eyes out. Saved them in a Dixie cup. We had alot of fun as kids.
That camera upgrade a while back sure came in handy for this one. Nailed some beautiful video there.
Dude, I love how you filmed this in such a format as to fit my phone screen perfectly when in landscape and zoomed in! Also, I enjoyed this video. I feel like I just visited the place! Thank you again!
*Art Is Dangerous* for sure
inherently
but subjective always
Always a treat when there's a new Grimmlife video! Happy Halloween 🙂🇨🇦
you breath this air right?
fuck the water!
My uncle used to lived there. I last visited Bombay beach back in 2017. My uncles house was still up for sale. He moved out back in 2011. Best thing about Bombay beach is when the sun is setting. You can really take some beautiful pictures. The salten sea reflects the sunset. Beautiful.
I think it is Steven Seagal, that place is so cool, thanks for the tour.
You two do such a fabulous job of bringing both history and place stunningly alive. More than that there is a sense of artistry to your videos which sets them apart from most of the stuff that's out there. I find myself pausing the videos a lot at images that would work as framed stills. But there is a flow as well that is so smart and warm and stylish that it's great fun to watch. Stunning work. One final thought: our world does change and your work is excellent enough it will be a treasure to future generations who look back at our time with wonder and awe.
The train @ the very beginning ( and silent!) very apt and poetic.
A LOT TO SEE/SEA ??? 😜
@@waderidsdale402 😆🤣
Perfect timing! Got lunch ready and needed something to watch it with!
Surprise!
I love the eerie desolate locations you travel to. The music fit the ambience. Brilliant, the both of you.
You have to admit it's probably one of the most strangest places you've been I know it was for me but also strangely interesting and cool.
Very pleased that you're gonna come back here again and show us updates. I was hoping you would 😍😍😍 Thank you, I never knew this existed. I'm watching from Switzerland and I don't think I'll ever make it there.
You guys are so lucky ... I love every stop more than the last and y'all do such a good job bringing us in with you ! Big things ahead for you 2 I think ! Cheers 🍻
This video is oddly timed. I was just at Bombay Beach like 6 days ago, when you released this. You keep saying you wonder what it was like at night… I stayed the night on the beach, right next to the rainbow swing in my van. It was peaceful, you could hear coyotes yelling in the distance, sounds from town and stars as far as you could see. I made pasta and smoked a cigar while drinking a bottle of red wine and just melted into relaxation.
That sounds so awesome.
I am a Fine Art Surrealist Photographer and this video kills me SO BAD because I live in the UK and nearly every moment is giving me ideas for a photographic album! Ahhh I WANNA GO!!!
Think you’ll go then Tim? Book early enough you’ll get a nice cheap return from Heathrow to LAX airport.
Excellent documentary. “Breaking Point: The Disappearing Salton Sea, An Ecological Disaster.” Possibly some good things coming for the Salton Sea.
I used to live down the highway in La Quinta. Every summer when they winds picked up, we could smell Salton Sea.
One of the best vlogs of the Salton Sea to date.
My Grandfather owned some land their at one time,my dad said in its heyday they had a lot of good times! Thanks for the story !
Has anyone ever seen the movie with Val Kilmer " The sailor of the Salton Sea" about the method colony that lived there on the 1980s? Maybe they put the swing out there. Check it out, its really good!!!
Never heard of it...will look for it. Thanks for this!🙂
the Salton Sea is one of my favorite movies! So good!
I seen the movie the Salton Sea with Val where his wife is killed.
Vincent D'Onofrio was awesome in that. You just know that any character named Pooh Bear is going to be awesome. One of my favourite actors.
Great movie I got to meet Anthony Lapagia who also starred in it and I told him what a great movie
The footage from your camera/lens looks incredible. It’s very cinematic.
Stumbled across your channel a few months ago and had to sub
I'm so glad I did, your videos are mesmerising to me. Love the tone and the way you are both just like kids in awe of what you are covering.
that lil ol man is still adding to his Salvation Mountain only he's doing it in Heaven. Probably one of Gods favorite Monuments
You "ve just popped up on the starting page of the YT page on my TV. Thanks to the algorithms😁😁. Great video. 💕💕My husband and I will definitely watch more of them. Greetings from Berlin, Germany.🙋
Hello Berlin! So glad you found us
Sonny Buono actually was campaigning to "Save the Salton Sea " as an environmental issue when he was mayor of Palm Springs.He won the vote for his passion for this project
This was truly something else! It feels like you're walking on a different planet. Planet Art this is😍🎨😍👌
Carrizo Gorge Impossible railroad in San Diego County and the goat canyon trestle would make a great video! Keep up the awesome work!
Oh yes, I remember visiting this place as a very young child. My parents back in the 60's bought property out there as an investment. When we lived in Colorado in the early 70's we traveled back to Southern Cal to visit family and we would always stop and see the property. Eventually my dad sold it sometime in the 80's. Great vid.
Learned something today from the Boot igual coul?e. Never knew there was a body of water like that.
2:27 "They called it the Salton Sea because of the amount of salt in the water."
It was called the Salton Sea because it flooded the Salton Sink, an ancient dry lake bed in what’s known as the Salton Trough, a spot where the Earth’s crust sank because two tectonic plates were moving away from each other. In other words, the area was called "Salton something" long before there was any water and well before the water turned saline due to agricultural runoff. The Salton Sea was the result of a single accident in 1905 that happened when farmers were trying to divert the Colorado River for irrigation. It took two years to repair the damage. The sea probably would have dried up if farmers hadn't continued diverting the river for irrigation over the next few decades.
3:20 "All of the Hollywood elite would come to Bombay Beach."
Bombay Beach was only one of several resorts along the shores of the Salton Sea. It wasn't even the biggest or most luxurious. It may have attracted the Beach Boys, but I'd wager that Frank Sinatra went somewhere else.
16:23 "We have now left Bombay Beach proper..."
Nope... the "beach" you were on until that point had been all underwater until very recently, so were you actually *entering* Bombay Beach proper. Eight years ago, that part of town would have been on the edge of the water.
19:27 - That structure is all that's left, but there was almost an entire neighborhood that used to be on the beach, but was swamped back in the 1970s when a major Pacific storm caused the Salton Sea to overflow its banks. Back in 2009, most of the structures were still there, half-buried in the sand. They've since mostly rotted away.
A lot of the art installations are relatively new because the town has experienced a bit of a revival as an artists enclave in recent years. They're also in places that would have been under water just a few years ago. The sea has receded dramatically in recent years due to the drought. Perhaps some of the things in the water were original placed on dry land, but the water level rose again.
If you think the smell is bad now, when I first visited the Salton Sea back in 2009, there must have been a recent fish die-off because the edge of the water was littered with dead fish, and the shire near the water was a carpet of fish skeletons. Yeah, it's practically floral by comparison these days.
Well done! Thanks for taking us along!
Wow! I driven by the Salton Sea so many times & never stopped but after watching this I would love to check it out. Very well made video! Thank you guys!!
Production & intro background music is spot on,great couple made for you tube for sure 👍
I saw so much MORE in this video than any other Salton Sea video!!! Awesome job!
the sky is a reflection of what's under it, when it's a desert the reflection becomes clear. what you'd see is space in daytime.
Brilliant channel guys 👍👍👍hi from Ireland 🇮🇪
You guys have the best channel on UA-cam, such amazing content! Can't wait for your next video already!!
Spent some time out there. The smell is understated, you really have to smell it to believe it. This video is well done, thanks for sharing.
Another fabulous video! Thank you so much Michael an Jessica. Love you guys 💕
I had no idea this place existed. Great video.
This is tragic and fascinating.
Those poor fishies
What Jessica said about it seeming like night time was wild.
Hope those ducks are okay.
And the dog ♥️
The artists who contributed are amazing. America fascinates me 😳 Bourdain RIP.
Found another fave vid 🤘🏻
When missing the states I come to Grim Life and they never disappoint 👍🇬🇧
Wow I never knew this existed! Thank you for a great video!
Wow! What a great episode. I have always been fascinated by this place. I thought I have seen everything I could see about it on UA-cam and when I noticed I did not watch this and it was you guys. I was like....Cooool :) I can't wait till you come back and make a longer episode. I could watch this for hours.
Amazing...looks forgotten in time....but still changing.....sort of decaying but not 😳 awesome video
This would be an amazing place for Jessica to do a photo shoot. In a gorgeous gown nice umbrella to protect her from the sun. Would be gorgeous. I love the widescreen of this video. Looks amazing.
I was just a teenager in 71. A friend’s Grandparents lived on the Sea shore. Very cool at the time. There was talk of it going overly salty. The fishing was past its prime. Of the 3 or 4 times we were there, once a roaming bunch of thugs tried to overtake our mini bike ride and rob us.
By far the best video I've seen on the Salton Sea. You two are awesome ✌️. God Bless
Loved the video nice to see you both doing videos together again this place is crazy I went there early late 59's to 69 it was an awesome place
Love seeing different people's perspective on this place!
Good video and cool old places with history.
I’m new to your videos and have subscribed 😃 I’m enjoying your cinematic style videos and learning so much about people and places, some I knew of but not the whole story, and it refreshed my memory. Also, you 2 are such a cute couple 💕
God that horizon was incredible, this bright whit glow that lips the waterline and just blends into the sky. A beautiful image
Awesome place. So beautiful and creepy at the same time. Love it. I also noticed that you passed 250k subscribers. Not sure when that happened, but that's awesome. As always, thank you for sharing. Happy Halloween!
1/4 of million way to go grimms.
You two bring a great world of adventure to us all.
Thank you from gwyn and James Spokane Washington and all of us grimmmms watchers underworld.
From Spokane too!!
Also another Spokane friend!!! 🙋♀️
@@Cbear8362 good to know that there is more people in spokane that enjoy holloween and grimms
There are some really good documentaries about this place.
This is amazing!! I would love to visit and work on my photography. Everything is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!
I had no idea all of this was there! As always, your videos are a treat for the senses.
My boyfriend showed me your channel and I absolutely love seeing all these different destinations! Hope to visit them one day!
There is also a bio narrated by John Waters from about 1995 as the area was starting to go down hill
Thanks for this vlog guys.The prodcuation level is outstanding!
That was good too.
That fish/airplane was really cool👍
Very cool video and location! Sorry you had to endure the smell. Also, this aspect ratio looks great. Very cinematic! Perfect location to use this wide angle.
Loved this, next time in California I’m going to try and check this out. I’m laughing at the Pinto. My sister drove one 😂
Phone booth gave me Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 💜🖤
When I was a kid in the early/mid 60's I loved going there. Loved to float in the lake without need for any flotation devise. It looks the same, minus all the people - that's so eerie to me. There was always so many people there!
The image on the ice cream truck looked like Adam west
My father who recently passed away used to take me duck hunting there. His shotgun is at the bottom of salton sea. Great memories. RIP Dad.
Sorry for your loss
@@Regina0964 thank you.
@@Regina0964 it's probably still there, just very rusty.
@@joejones9520 when I said sorry for your loss, it was about the loss of his father not the gun.
these explorations here are so 10 years ago but I keep watching them.
The desert, the water, the sky, and you open the door, and where are all the people?.... This was great, GriMMs!.... I guess my favorite part of this sunny beach side Ghost Town, was the Drive Inn--- there were some classic burnt out cars there (heh, that 1984 burnt-out Corvette, in the entrance way, gave a little way-back spook effect). Bombay Beach gives one a strange feeling that people where once here, just a few seconds ago... but where did they go?.... Thanks, GriMMs, for taking us along for another fine ride.... Happy Halloween..... :^)"""""""
🇬🇧🦋amazing place ... I love places like this , decay due to wind and weather just adds mystery , another place to visit , when we get to USA xx
Thank you both .lulu and Paul . Happy Halloween 🎃 🦋🇬🇧💕
Reminds me of slab city with all the weird art installations. So very cool!
Grimmlifecollective, my feel good TV!
That place was frickin awesome, could have watched that for another 35 minutes. Thank you guy`s, take care stay safe.🙏❤🎃
I'm definitely loving this. Thanks, guys!
Awesome video! Could the man on the side of the spooky ice cream van be David Janssen? You know...from the TV program The Fugitive?
Such a great video as always. I like how they use the area for art and still find uses for it even in it's current state.
Totally amazing to see. Thank you so much for sharing, love when you and Jessica do these vlogs!!