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H18 Evaporite deposit. Bonneville Salt Flats. Utah, USA
Position:
N40° 45'
W113° 55' approx.
Elevation:
5000' / 1500m approx.
Image format:
MF 35mm
EVAPORITE DEPOSIT
Inland lakes in hot, arid regions often dry up completely at certain
times of year. Water EVAPORATES into the ATMOSPHERE but salts
that were dissolved in the water are left behind as EVAPORITE
DEPOSITS. This image shows a wide expanse of crystalline salt
- all that remains of a great lake that occasionally occupies
this region of Utah, USA.
Less detail
Image Trail:
H10 Evaporite deposit. Death Valley National Park. California, USA
H35 Dust Storm Owens Lake. California, USA
H37 Evaporite Tufa Mono Lake. California, USA
L72 White Gypsum Sand, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico,
USA
Links:
http://www.utah.com/places/public_lands/bonneville_salt.htm
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/geology.htm
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/index.html |
