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South Trona in the region of California is a place located in United States - some 2,211 mi or ( 3558 km ) West of Washington , the country's capital .
Local time in South Trona is now 05:45 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " America/Los Angeles " with a UTC offset of -7 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Bakersfield, Fresno, LA, Riverside, and San Bernardino. When in this area, you might want to check out Bakersfield . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in South Trona ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Searles Lake 2012 Gem-O-Rama
Trona, CA Collecting Pink Halite at Searles Lake. We attended the 2012 Gem-O-rama to collect, to be used in the research project. It was awesome, fun, and salty. WATCH IN FULL HD ..
Storm Sunset Time Lapse
This was a Time Lapse I did during a storm chase . I was hopping for some lightning, but the storm didnt produce any, so I did this time lapse while the sun was setting. I was not expecting this kind ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Searles Valley, California
Searles Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Argus, Pioneer Point, Searles Valley and Trona. Searles Valley is at the western edge of Searles Lake, a dry lakebed at the bottom of in Searles Valley, southwest of Death Valley. The name Trona is derived from the mineral trona, abundant in the lake. It is about 170 miles northeast of Los Angeles, on State Route 178.
Located at 35.77 -117.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Trona High School
Trona High School is a public high school in Trona, California, United States.
Located at 35.77 -117.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Searles Lake
Searles Lake is an endorheic dry lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, with the mining community, Trona on its western shore. The evaporite basin is approximately 19 km long and 13 km at its widest point, yielding 1.7 million tons annually of industrial minerals within the basin to the Searles Valley Minerals mining operations. Searles Lake is bounded by the Argus and Slate Mountains.
Located at 35.76 -117.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Trona Pinnacles
The Trona Pinnacles is one of the most unusual geological features in the California Desert National Conservation Area. The unusual landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires (porous rock formed as a deposit when springs interact with other bodies of water), some as high as 140 feet, rising from the bed of the Searles Lake (dry) basin. The pinnacles vary in size and shape from short and squat to tall and thin, and are composed primarily of calcium carbonate (tufa).
Located at 35.62 -117.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Trona Airport
Trona Airport is a public use airport in Inyo County, California, United States. It is owned by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and is located four nautical miles (7.41 km) north of the central business district of Trona, California. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned L72 by the FAA but has the designation TRH from the IATA
Located at 35.81 -117.33 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
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