WHAT: El Mirage Dry Lake Bed is a place to get away to in Southern California - you can camp under the stars and experience the desert just a short hop from Los Angeles - as well as visit the filming location for hundreds of car commercials and feature films.
WHY: The desert is a land of extremes, and if you drive 1 1/2 hours out of Los Angeles, you'll be solidly in the heart of the heat. The lake bed - a hard, concrete like surface - is perfect for testing the speed of your car or invention, ultra lite flying, motocross, and model rocket launches. Anytime you'd need a large, flat area for something, El Mirage would be a great choice.
The number of commercials and films shot there prove it. It's so hard and flat that land speed records are set here. Besides seeing the location in commercials, El Mirage was featured in Leathal Weapon, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me Much" music video. Access and camping are free, although it's probably best suited for RV-style (i.e. self-contained) camping.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/barstow/mirage.html
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
TRAVEL: El Mirage Dry Lake Bed
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