The Salton Sea in southwestern California was briefly California's riviera in the 1950s, however, the water did not receive an adequate supply of fresh water and evaporated at a rapid rate, resulting in tremendously high levels of salt and decreasing oxygen levels, causing fish kills and stench.
 
                                 
                         Bathers in the North Sea near ZandvoortMarco van Middelkoop
Bathers in the North Sea near ZandvoortMarco van Middelkoop Busy summer beach at Zandvoort with lots of bathersMarco van Middelkoop
Busy summer beach at Zandvoort with lots of bathersMarco van Middelkoop Sunbathers on Zandvoort beach on a hot summer dayMarco van Middelkoop
Sunbathers on Zandvoort beach on a hot summer dayMarco van Middelkoop Sunbathers on Zandvoort beach on a hot summer dayMarco van Middelkoop
Sunbathers on Zandvoort beach on a hot summer dayMarco van Middelkoop Tennis court in bird's eye view with a sunbathing girl and a tennis playerMarco van Middelkoop
Tennis court in bird's eye view with a sunbathing girl and a tennis playerMarco van Middelkoop The old city centre of SchiedamMarco van Middelkoop
The old city centre of SchiedamMarco van Middelkoop Aerial view of a wintry, snow-covered, RotterdamMarco van Middelkoop
Aerial view of a wintry, snow-covered, RotterdamMarco van Middelkoop Aerial view of skaters on the frozen and snow-covered Loosdrecht lakesMarco van Middelkoop
Aerial view of skaters on the frozen and snow-covered Loosdrecht lakesMarco van Middelkoop Aerial shot of winter landscape, a group of people skating on the Vinkeveen lakesMarco van Middelkoop
Aerial shot of winter landscape, a group of people skating on the Vinkeveen lakesMarco van Middelkoop Aerial view of Schiphol's control towerMarco van Middelkoop
Aerial view of Schiphol's control towerMarco van Middelkoop Amargosa River, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop
Amargosa River, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop Death Valley, Amargosa RiverMarco van Middelkoop
Death Valley, Amargosa RiverMarco van Middelkoop Colours of Water, Owens Dry Lake, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop
Colours of Water, Owens Dry Lake, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop Colourful Badlands in the Painted Desert, Arizona, USAMarco van Middelkoop
Colourful Badlands in the Painted Desert, Arizona, USAMarco van Middelkoop Colours of Water, Salton Sea, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop
Colours of Water, Salton Sea, California, USAMarco van Middelkoop Colours of Water, Searles LakeMarco van Middelkoop
Colours of Water, Searles LakeMarco van Middelkoop Drainage patern in Koehn Lake.Marco van Middelkoop
Drainage patern in Koehn Lake.Marco van Middelkoop Colours of Water, Cerro Prieto Geotherminal field brine basinMarco van Middelkoop
Colours of Water, Cerro Prieto Geotherminal field brine basinMarco van Middelkoop The Horse of Marken with the contours of the never completed Goudriaan Canal.Marco van Middelkoop
The Horse of Marken with the contours of the never completed Goudriaan Canal.Marco van Middelkoop KNSM Island-Java IslandMarco van Middelkoop
KNSM Island-Java IslandMarco van Middelkoop