Nearly 80 million years ago, a small pond oasis was home to a variety of creatures both in the water and on land. Tropical air-breathing snails lined its shores and shelled creatures lay just below ...

The answer is pretty cool: Microorganisms called halophiles thrive in high-salinity environments, giving the water its rosy tint. And they’re not the only ones who love the salt flats.

Either way, for once you should pray for rain on your vacation, because water makes the salt flat even more incredible, turning it into a giant mirror of sorts. Story by Sophie-Claire Hoeller and ...

you'll eventually reach the Bonneville Salt Flats, left over from an ancient body of water that has since dried up, Lake Bonneville. Within the flats is the Bonneville Speedway, where vehicles ...

Saltier water seeping into the soil meant his fields ... around 2004 the village allowed a salt-mining company to create salt flats at its northeastern end. The hope was to harvest the mineral ...

From diverse viewing points the massive salt flats may look like desert covered by water, snow, or just like scenic mountains and hills in some places. When ancient Lake Bonneville dried up ...

The water hole was surrounded by palm trees and ... in northern Patagonia in Argentina and consists of a massive salt flat. It’s also the site of a new prehistoric species discovery.