Keep the weekly stand-off dust record for Trona beside the Searles dry lake.

Trona sits on the shore of Searles dry lake, where mineral-processing operations and exposed playa surfaces send alkaline dust through a town that has been shrinking for decades and has little voice left. Dust days here are real and mostly unrecorded at street level. A disciplined weekly photo-and-observation record from public streets, never from the playa itself, gives Trona's remaining residents evidence in their own hands.

Where

Public street vantage near Trona Rd & Center St, Trona, CA 93562 · Open the map

Pay

$180 proposed

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Proof

Weekly timestamped photo set plus dust observations from the same vantage

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-26

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Stand at the named public street vantage at the same weekday hour.
2. Photograph the playa horizon, visible dust plumes, and dust films on cars and sills.
3. Record wind direction, temperature, and whether dust obscures the ridgeline.
4. Note any strong mineral or chemical odor without approaching any facility.
5. Upload photos with GPS and date and log the observations.

What counts as done

• Playa-horizon and street photos with GPS and date
• Wind and visibility notes
• Dust-film photos where present

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.