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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
SALT DEPOSITS (2)
Lakes in DESERTS 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. This image shows a wide expanse
of salt - all that remains of a great lake that occasionally occupies
this region of Utah, USA.
More 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 |
