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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

Koyashskoye 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.
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.
Permanently Closed
Mecca, California

Salton Sea History Museum

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
The stunning shape and color of this cliff gives it the appearance of a waterfall
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico

Hierve El Agua

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Dead Vlei
Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia

Laguna Colorada

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.
West Baden Springs, Indiana

Historic West Baden Springs Hotel

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.
Blood Falls pouring into Lake Bonney. A tent can be seen in the lower left for size comparison.
Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

Eaglehawk Neck Tessellated Pavement

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Osoyoos, British Columbia

The Spotted Lake (Kliluk)

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Praid, Romania

Salina Praid

Gigantic Romanian salt mines used to heal respiratory conditions.
Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!
Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.