#great salt lake utah

[caldrive]

On the road to Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, rural Utah (May 2024). That's the Great Salt Lake up ahead… and yes, it sort of felt (and looked) like a Scottish summer's day as remembered from my childhood: cold and blustery (it briefly snowed several times), with a very hazy and subdued sort of light.

[immaculatelyamiss]

Storm over Great Salt Lake

Antelope Island State Park

[alexeiphotography]

great salt lake, ut

[rabbitcruiser]

The Lucin Cutoff, a 102-mile (164 km) railroad line in Utah, was opened on March 8, 1904.  

[alwaysbewoke]

Did you know that the famous line "And what the hell is that smell?" from 'Independence Day' was improvised by Will Smith? While filming the scene on the salt flat near the Great Salt Lake in Utah, nobody warned him about the strong odor caused by billions of decomposing brine shrimp in the lake.⁠

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[kas-e]

Dancing in a Dream

Surreal scenes at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Undoubtedly one of the strangest places on earth. A few miles down the road I was shooting at the edge of the flats, and unexpectedly sunk up to my waist in legitimate quicksand.

[scooby-doo-exploration]

rocy5 - Wasatch Mountains from the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

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[elinerlina2]

Pink Lakes, Utah

[summerhermes]

what do y’all know about the compelling nature of the Great Salt Lake

[caldrive]

Farmers Grain Co-Op silos being demolished, suburban Salt Lake City, May 2024. The photo doesn't do the building's size justice — this was a big grain elevator — here's a Google Maps view of it before it was demolished.

[immaculatelyamiss]

Antelope Island State Park, Utah

After the rain

[alexeiphotography]

salt lake city, ut

[rabbitcruiser]

Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state on January 4, 1896.

[abakedpotatoefromidaho]

20,000 Years Ago, Lake Bonneville Collapsed Red Rock Pass. Creating Most Of Idahos Iconic Landscapes. It Is Considered To Be One Of The Worst Floods In History, Now All That Is Left Is The Salt Lake In Utah.

[formicarum-rex]

re: the last reblog

here are some pics from the spiral jetty a couple weeks ago. the lake with its red color and thick, salty foam was more entrancing than the spiral itself, but to be fair, the spiral is less interesting when its dry.

the red color in the north of the lake comes from a form of bacteria that really likes salt. the south side of the lake gets more freshwater input, so it's a normal blue. the lake is bisected in two by a causeway built in the 50s for trains, limiting the flow of water between the north and south, which further increases the salinity of the red northern end

the water is so salty that it encrusts your feet and legs with a thin layer of salt from wading in it. a lot of the sand on the beach is also hard and crusty from salt. there's a significant number of dead bugs in the shallow waters, which likely died of (say it with me) salt. no fish live in the lake, only brine shrimp and smaller critters like the aforementioned bacteria