Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea | KQED Truly CA

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an engaging, funny and fascinating documentary, and cites it in threads on the Salton Sea's history and environmental decline.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

KQED Arts

Topic

salton sea

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Theres a great documentary "Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea" (narrated by John Waters!) Definitely one of my top 10 documentaries [VIDEO]

• The similarly named Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea is one of my favourite documentaries of all time, I find it so fascinating: [VIDEO] The video made to sell the place as a paradise in the 60s is also fascinating: [LINK]

• For anyone unfamiliar with the history of the Salton sea and the effect all these chemicals have had on the surrounding areas, check out this documentary: [VIDEO] A part of me wants to visit just to fully take in the reality of it all. But …