Colorful, mineral-rich salt flats are nestled between the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.
Published Oct 4, 2020
This detailed astronaut photograph shows the salt ponds of one of Africa’s major producers of soda ash (sodium carbonate) and salt. Soda ash is used for making glass, in metallurgy, in the detergent industry, and in chemical manufacture. The image shows a small part of the great salt flats of central Botswana known as the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
Published May 13, 2007
The salt produced from tidal marshes in southern France is the product of ideal climate conditions and careful management.
Published Apr 4, 2019
Makgadikgadi Pan is one of the largest salt flats in the world.
Published Jul 1, 2019
In October 2016, one of America’s largest lakes reached its lowest level on record.
Published Nov 3, 2016
Northeastern Nevada has a geological feature rich with gold.
Published Aug 27, 2017
The rocks of Dasht-e Kavir tell tales of a much wetter environment millions of years ago.
Published Feb 17, 2013
China’s Bo Hai coast is one example of the rapid expansion of aquaculture in the late twentieth century.
Published Feb 8, 2009
As water levels drop in the Dead Sea, salt is piling up on the lakebed.
Published Jul 31, 2019
The west-central state of Gujarat accounts for nearly three-quarters of India’s annual salt production.
Published Oct 21, 2019
In perhaps the driest place on Earth, water still shapes the landscape.
Published Nov 29, 2011
Hundreds of acres of bright-blue evaporation ponds are used to produce potassium-containing salts for fertilizers.
Published Jun 25, 2014
Brightly colored solar evaporation (salt) ponds in the Atacama Desert give this astronaut photo an unreal quality.
Published Jun 1, 2009
In this active tectonic environment, salt squeezes through faults in the rock until it reaches the surface and flows like a glacier.
Published Oct 25, 2015
Sometimes the slow grind of plate tectonics can determine where and when lakes exist.
Published Apr 24, 2019
Lake Eyre did something in 2011 that it doesn’t do very often: it took on new water.
Published Dec 19, 2011
The colorful salt flat is a product of mineral-rich waters and a dry, flat landscape.
Published Oct 8, 2012
