In salt flats across the world, the salt on the surface forms ridges that join together in a patchwork of pentagons and hexagons. These captivating patterns have been photographed as far apart as ...

The World’s Largest Salt Flat Is Full Of Mysterious Patterns It might look otherworldly, but it's largely made up of something you’ll find on most dinner tables.

Salt polygons, also known as salt pans, are geometric patterns formed on dried-up lakebeds or salt flats. With their ...

The salt flats of Bonaire double as important feeding grounds for flamingos. These long-legged beauties flock to the area in search of their favorite snack: Brine shrimp, which thrive in the salty ...

Chile’s Atacama Salt Flat is the country’s largest, spanning an area of 750,000 acres. It contains many holes and lagoons housing various species of wildlife. Among them are Andean seagulls ...

In the department of La Guajira, Colombia, this salt was once known as “oro blanco” or “white gold”, and its production sustained entire communities of the local Wayuu Indigenous people.

On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, an 11-year-old boy has become a photography success taking quirky and creative pictures of tourists - with a little help from a ...

In 1965, Craig Breedlove brought his GE J79 jet engine-powered Spirit of America Sonic 1 vehicle to the Bonneville Salt Flats to break his previous record of 555.485 mph.