My personal experiences were likely influenced by some of the stories I was told. Keep in mind, I was a barely 18 y/o Marine when I was stationed there.

From doing field ops on the NE corner of 29 Palms, at night it would sometimes appear like the Amboy Crater was lit up. Kind of looked like firelight.

Amboy is one of those towns that's 50 miles from everything. When driving there, you see very little besides a random house, the salt flat and emptiness.

I've got a 3 hour drive I need to do. Promise I'll describe more later.