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Salt deposits in Devil's golf course

Crystallized salts compose the jagged formations of this forbidding landscape. Deposited by ancient salt lakes and shaped by winds and rain, the crystals are forever changing.

 

The Death Valley saltpan is one of the largest protected saltpans in North America. Salt continues to be deposited by recurring floods that occasionally submerge the lowest parts of the valley floor. Delicate salt formations are hidden among the harsh and rigid spires.

 

December 28, 2013, Death Valley National Park, California.

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Uploaded on November 17, 2015
Taken on December 28, 2013