Comments on: More Weirdness

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 04:57:12 +0000

As the water evaporates and the salinity increases, the algae change color from green to pink. Flamingos eat these algae and turn pink themselves. No, really!

By: Salt Lick

Salt Lick — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:12:41 +0000

I second the post by Salty. Those are salt ponds, not pollution control ponds, in the San Francisco Bay.

By: joon

joon — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:07:08 +0000

WEIrd spelling

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 02:23:03 +0000

hehe, that was my search I posted last night – how did it end up here? fipi lele only knows.

By: Gnarlytrombone

Gnarlytrombone — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:26:11 +0000

Those aren’t salt pools in the Utah shot. They’re tailings from a potash mine near Moab – the mine and mill can be seen nearby.

Here’s some ground-level photos (the last three pics in the second row):

http://photos.3scape.net/dir/37/110

By: Salty

Salty — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:22:59 +0000

I believe the San Francisco Bay photo shows the Cargill salt solar evaporation ponds (with algae growing in them):
http://www.cargillsalt.com/sfbay/T_solar_intake.html