Have you ever been on the banks of the Great Salt Lake?
During a 112-mile ATV ride out in the desert south of Kelton, Utah, with my family and friends one day in May 2009, I explored the brine beds for the first time. The water was melon and the salt encrusted on the rocks was bright white.
During a 112-mile ATV ride out in the desert south of Kelton, Utah, with my family and friends one day in May 2009, I explored the brine beds for the first time. The water was melon and the salt encrusted on the rocks was bright white.
One of my favorite books, Refuge, by Terry Tempest Williams, describes the magic of the Great Salt Lake ecology. In it, she chronicles the migratory birds and stories of this lake I've lived next to all my life. This spot in the West Desert, though, is one few visit. Eery silence: no birds, few plants. Black, white, and brine red.
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