Tom Hegen Instagram – Searles Lake mineral extraction project in California, United States.
Searles Lake, bounded by mountains, has no outlet. Glaciers once fed the lake with water and sediment. Over thousands of years, retreating glaciers have carried less and less water into the lake, which gradually dried up due to climatic changes.
Today, the barren remains of the lake resemble a psychedelic lunar landscape. Most of the bone-white, flat surface is sprinkled with dark red, orange, and purple pools containing mineral-saturated brine. Several billion tons of mineral and salt deposits are layered beneath the dried-out plain. | Posted on 04/Mar/2024 17:36:15
