Palm Springs and San Diego Panoramas

These are some pics from the trip to San Diego I took last week. I stitched the panoramas using Photoshop CS3. Some of these are irregularly shaped, because I didn't want to lose the part of images when pigeonholing them into a rectangular shape.

Salton Sea from Salton Sea State Recreation Area. Center facing West. The whole beach and the land around it is covered in salt deposits. Looks really crazy. It was too cold to swim, but I wonder if you could float easily, much like in the Dead Sea.

The view from Courtyard by Marriott‎ hotel we stayed at in Palm Dessert, CA. The hotel is at
74895 Frank Sinatra Drive

View of Palm Dessert, CA from a hill on the West side of town. Near Fred Waring Dr & Painters Path.
Notice how the shopping plaza buildings all have a bunch of small AC units on their roofs? I would think that one consolidated big AC unit would be more economical. Anyone know if that's not the case?

View further up the same hill. Facing North. Lots of other hikers here, esp runners.

Pacific Ocean from Point Loma. Facing North. This one was near the tide-pools that are closer down to the water. There were some pretty interesting critters in them. Def check them out if you're in the area.

View of Downtown San Diego from Point Loma. There is a historic (now non-functioning) light house with a little museum behind me. Also, the Visitor Center to the left lets you rent binoculars (free) and you can then check out the military base activity (jets, helicopters, etc... taking off), as well as the aircraft carriers and submarines stationed near by.

Facing Point Loma from Coronado island. Great beach and the little island town.