SearchResearch (5/22/25): What's the story of Rosamond Lake?

[Dan Russell]

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

SearchResearch (5/22/25): What's the story of Rosamond Lake?

 California is full of strange and interesting places... 

P/C Google Maps (image from 2021)

... sure, you know about the golden beaches and the snowy mountains, and you might even know a bit about the deserts of Southern California.  But there's a lot of history hidden away in the dry reaches of the southland.  

One of those places is Rosamond Lake, a dry lake bed in SoCal, a part of the Antelope Valley.  It's really, really flat and most of the time it's just dry / dry / dry.  And that makes it especially useful for something you might not guess.  

Our SRS Challenge for this week centers on Rosamond Lake.  Can you figure it out? 

1. What is the story (stories?) with Rosamond Lake?  What makes it particularly interesting?  

This isn't too hard, but a kind of fun Challenge.  Can you figure out what the story is here?  What did you do to figure it out?  

Let us know.  Next week I'll have some background for you! 

Keep searching!  

--

Daniel M. Russell 

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