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With ice as the medium, wind, water, and falling objects create art on a frozen lake in Slovenia.
nature

Our Favorite Abstract Wonders of 2022

Mesmerizing photographs show the beauty of our wild, fragile planet.
Diana Hubbell December 30, 2022
ruins

Podcast: Salton Sea

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 2, 2021
The vibrant colors are enchanting but they may in fact be a sign of pollution.
nature

China’s Dead Sea Is a Visual Feast

Yuncheng Lake is one of the country's oldest salt-production sites.
Reina Gattuso November 27, 2019
A pink boat for a pink lake. The water's color changes based on weather patterns and times of day.
lakes

The 'Dead Sea of Senegal' Is a Shocking Shade of Pink

Colored by algae and beloved by bathers, Lake Retba is a prime source of salt—and backbreaking labor.
Peter Yeung September 23, 2019
Chott el Djerid, Tunisia.
Tozeur, Tunisia

Chott el Djerid

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.
Salt flats and hills.
Katastari, Greece

Alykes Salt Flats

These abandoned salt flats are now a haven for wildlife.
Larnaca Salt Lake, dry.
Larnaca, Cyprus

Larnaca Salt Lake

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.
Nemocón Salt Mine.
Nemocón, Colombia

Nemocón Salt Mine

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.
Inland Sea.
Qatar

Inland Sea

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.
Engraving of salt works on Kanawha River, West Virginia.
geology

Making Salt From an Ancient Ocean Trapped Below the Appalachians

West Virginia was once a seabed.
Eric J. Wallace January 8, 2018
A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.
Gastro Obscura

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.
The salt farms of Thailand.
Mae Klong, Thailand

Samut Songkhram Salt Farms

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."
Kerch, Crimea

Koyashskoe Salt Lake

The saltiest lake in all of Crimea is also the pinkest of the pink and teeming with life.
The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Hutchinson, Kansas

Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Soda and algae formations near the shore of Lake Natron.
Monduli, Tanzania

Lake Natron

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.
Aerial view of Lake Hillier
Australia

Lake Hillier

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Rufisque, Senegal

Lake Retba

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
The salt ponds
Newark, California

Salt Ponds of San Francisco Bay

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.