The Owens Lake Dust Control Project. It’s hard to imagine there’s any place more surreal then this place – in a Mad Max infrastructure sort of way. The Department of Water and Power has spent over a billion dollars cleaning up the dust here in this remote valley. It’s a war against geologic forces that perhaps may never be won.
In the spring of 2012, I spent a considerable amount of time photographing the dust control project and the surrounding area for a slideshow I had planned to do, but as sometimes is the case, other work (read paying work) came along. Then the flurry of lawsuits … I might try and finish it one of these days, now that the Owens Lake Master Plan process seems to be picking up again, but I make no promises. Too much going on in the Delta right now.
In the meantime, I’ll post these links here as I have noticed several people have been searching this site for my work on the dust control project, and I wanted to be sure they could find them.
For my photoblog posts on the Owens Lake Dust Control Project:
- The Owens Lake Dust Control Project: The ultimate human-managed landscape
- More from Owens Lake
- Halobacteria and infrastructure: Owens Lake in the summer
You might also be interested in these related posts:
- The eastern side of Owens Lake: Keeler and Swansea
- The end of the line for the Lower Owens River
- The view from Whitney Portal Road: Owens Lake and the Alabama Hills
- Out and about in the Owens Valley
Enjoy your weekend!
