White Snake of Baja

It's an intermittent meandering river that happened to be dry at the time of the photo. The white color is not due to ice or whitewater rapids—rather, it's a large salt deposit.

I Richard Raya (tvcafe1 @ aol .com ) have studied the area for the past forty years . We go fishing near San Felipe a few times every year. The area of the white snake is made up of a thick sticky clay. it is usually wet because during high tides the area is covered by salt water. I believe some people a long time ago made levees in the shape of a snake. The sea water got trapped in this snake shaped canal for such a long time that a thick white salt bed formed. The people must have made this canal to trap fish and shrimp. The canal starts out in the north side over a mile wide and ends up on the south side only about ,100 feet wide.. This would make catching fish and shrimp much easier. The people must have left the area a long time ago because the levees are just about all gone now. The thick white snake shaped salt bed still remains, but not for long.