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Salvation Mountain

Imperial County, CA

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Leonard Knight’s enormous adobe-and-paint folk-art mountain outside Niland proclaiming “God Is Love” — a public desert art landmark on the edge of Slab City and the Salton Sea, endlessly photographed and carefully maintained by volunteers.

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RegionImperial County, CA
Coordinates33.2540, -115.4726
CreatorLeonard Knight (1931–2014)
MediumAdobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of paint
SettingBeal Road, Niland / Slab City fringe
AccessFree public art site; donations welcomed

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