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Salar de Atacama, Chile
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Salar de Atacama, Chile

In perhaps the driest place on Earth, water still shapes the landscape.

Published Nov 29, 2011

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Bolton de Pipanaco, Argentina
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Bolton de Pipanaco, Argentina

Published Mar 11, 2007

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Tigrovaya Balka State Nature Reserve
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Tigrovaya Balka State Nature Reserve

The evolution of off-channel water bodies create habitat diversity.

Published Dec 26, 2014

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Salt Glaciers in Xinjiang, China
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Salt Glaciers in Xinjiang, China

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

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India’s Largest Salt Producer
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India’s Largest Salt Producer

The west-central state of Gujarat accounts for nearly three-quarters of India’s annual salt production.

Published Oct 21, 2019

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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar
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Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar

Acquired January 16, 2005, this true-color image shows part of the inhospitable limestone landscape of western Madagascar, with bare rocks and vegetation forming a patchwork of gray and green.

Published Nov 27, 2009

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Salin Aigues-Mortes
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Salin Aigues-Mortes

The salt produced from tidal marshes in southern France is the product of ideal climate conditions and careful management.

Published Apr 4, 2019

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Deforestation in Monarch Butterfly Reserve
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Deforestation in Monarch Butterfly Reserve

Each year millions of monarch butterflies migrate thousands of miles back and forth from wintering grounds in Mexico to their breeding locations in the eastern United States and Canada. In the fall, the monarchs return to just 12 forested mountaintops in central Mexico, where they form colonies in which millions of butterflies cluster on the trunks and branches of the trees. Despite the creation of protected areas and reserves, illegal logging has been steadily shrinking this unique, critical monarch habitat.

Published Mar 7, 2008

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Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari
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Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari

Beginning in late August 2008, fire broke out near the western border of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. By late September, some 40,000 square kilometers (about 15,500 square miles) had burned, scorching roughly 80 percent of the park, according to news reports.

Published Sep 26, 2008

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Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates
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Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates

This astronaut photograph illustrates the varying character of surfaces on Sir Bani Yas, an island in the Persian Gulf near the west coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Published Mar 15, 2010

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Coloring the Great Salt Lake
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Coloring the Great Salt Lake

Colorful, mineral-rich salt flats are nestled between the Promontory Mountains and the Great Salt Lake.

Published Oct 4, 2020

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Iran’s Great Salt Desert
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Iran’s Great Salt Desert

The rocks of Dasht-e Kavir tell tales of a much wetter environment millions of years ago.

Published Feb 17, 2013

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Shrimp Farming in Ecuador
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Shrimp Farming in Ecuador

Published Sep 10, 2006

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From Salt Production to Salt Marsh
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From Salt Production to Salt Marsh

An ambitious project in South San Francisco Bay is designed to restore wetlands and marshes, as well as the species that go with them.

Published Feb 11, 2016

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Salt Ponds, Botswana
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Salt Ponds, Botswana

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

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