There is something majestic about the Salton Sea, one of the world's largest inland seas and lowest spots on earth at -227 below sea level. The people who live there know its majesty on a daily basis.

6:46 p.m. May 27, 2025: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants. Water began flowing from a pipe onto hundreds of acres of ...