Airplane Graveyard, Mojave Airport, Southern California

Sometimes an airport will house old, defunct airplanes in order for them to collect rust or to be used for spare parts. The airport and Mojave, California is one of those places. Although fenced off with concertina wire and partroled regularly, it is still possible to walk up to the fence and look at the many old planes that quietly lie abandoned in the hot sun.

On my visit, I was sorely disappointed to learn that a fence was to separate me from the planes. Some close-up shots would have been the better outcome. However, in my disappointment, I turned to leave and happend, just by chance, to see what sort of looked like a brain made of salt, dissolving on the neighboring railroad tracks. This was not the first time I saw such an image; at Fort Ord, near Monterey, I once saw a brain made of sponge. Just a coincidence?

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Approaching the graveyard....

A couple of smaller jets. Notice the engines and windows are taped up with plastic.

Cargo jet.

Virgin Atlantic....

Head-on view.

Look at all those planes in the background.

Another Virgin Atlantic. Everything is covered up.

A peek at the many planes that were there.

Looking back....

As I was about to leave, filled with a certain amount of annoyance at being separated from the beloved planes, I saw this brain/slug thing on some railroad tracks that ran parallel to the perimeter fence. As it had rained less than a week before, it is understandable that some kind of salt-spill might crystallize and resemble another shape. In this case it was a brain shape, at least in my eyes. It reminded me of the sponge brain I found at Fort Ord, on similar tracks.

Another shot of the "brain".

What is that thing?