2. Salton Sea, California: It's an unexpected sight: California's largest lake in the middle of its biggest desert. After the Colorado River flooded in 1905, it took 1500 workers and half a million tons of rock to put the river back on course. With no natural outlet, the artificial Salton Sea is here to stay. Its surface is 220ft below sea level and its waters 30% saltier than the Pacific.

      Another unusual sight near the lake's eastern shore is Salvation Mountain, a 100ft-high hill of concrete and hand-mixed adobe, covered with acrylic paint. With the motto ‘God Never Fails,’ it's the vision of folk artist Leonard Knight. Turn off Hwy 111 at Niland, drive east on Beal Rd and you can't miss it.

      加利福尼亞 沙爾頓海：這是意料之外的景象：加利福尼亞最大的湖在最大的沙漠中間。1905年科羅拉多河泛濫后，1500名工作者用了50萬(wàn)噸石頭才把它歸位。由于沒(méi)有天然的出口，人工的沙爾頓海就這樣形成了。其表面比海平面低220英尺，水比太平洋咸30%。

      另一個(gè)不尋常的景觀在湖的東岸：救世軍山 一個(gè)由混凝土和手工混制的泥磚堆砌的100英尺的山，上面覆蓋著丙烯酸涂料。這是民間藝術(shù)家Leonard Knight（譯者注：Leonard Knight是救世軍山的建設(shè)者和首席設(shè)計(jì)師）的視野，他的座右銘是“上帝永不讓我們失望”。沿著111高速公路到Niland，向東行駛至Beal路，你一定不要錯(cuò)過(guò)它哦。

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