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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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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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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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Bolton de Pipanaco, Argentina
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Bolton de Pipanaco, Argentina

Published Mar 11, 2007

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Salt Dome in the Zagros Mountains, Iran
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Salt Dome in the Zagros Mountains, Iran

The Zagros Mountains in southwestern Iran present an impressive landscape of long linear ridges and valleys. Formed by collision of the Eurasian and Arabian tectonic plates, the ridges and valleys extend hundreds of kilometers. Stresses induced in the Earth’s crust by the collision caused extensive folding of the preexisting layered sedimentary rocks. Subsequent erosion removed softer rocks, such as mudstone and siltstone while leaving harder rocks, such as limestone and dolomite. This differential erosion formed the linear ridges of the Zagros Mountains. This astronaut photograph of the southwestern edge of the Zagros mountain belt includes another common feature of the region—a salt dome (Kuh-e-Namak or “mountain of salt” in Farsi).

Published Apr 17, 2006

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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 Salt Glaciers
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Iran’s Salt Glaciers

Published Jan 27, 2004

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Salt Domes on Melville Island
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Salt Domes on Melville Island

Published Aug 27, 2006

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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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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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Makgadikgadi Salt Pans
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Makgadikgadi Salt Pans

One of the largest salt pans in the world spreads across northern Botswana, offering critical seasonal oases for mammals and birds.

Published Jul 7, 2018

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