Death Valley Pictures
Salt Flat
Looking like a giant's honeycomb, but made of salt, this landscape goes on for miles. Mud and salt lies beneath the surface here. Summer heat dries and cracks the surface, and more water evaporates through them, leaving the salt behind and creating the raised "walls."
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