Dried Salt Patterns - Lake Hart
by Lexa Harpell
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Dried Salt Patterns - Lake Hart
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Lexa Harpell
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Photograph - Photographs
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Dried Salt Patterns - Lake Hart by Lexa Harpell
Finally! No water in the salt lake!
A year prior, I had wanted to photograph the dried salt patterns of Lake Hart in Outback South Australia. Much to my disappointment, the lake was covered in about 5cm of water, locals said they hadn't seen water in the lake for years. However, you run with photographing of what is before you.
This trip, the lake was dry and I had the opportunity to photograph the dried salt patterns of the pale pink salt lake.
The landscape around the lake has the iconic red rusted dirt and vibrant foliage well known to Outback Australia. Add the pastel blues and magenta from the water and a big blue sky , it was a sight to behold.
The old timber footings of the ramps remain from a long ago industry harvesting the salt from this 61 square mile lake. At its height, 9,000 tons of salt was harvested annually.
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April 25th, 2022
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Bob Martin
Lovely image Lexa! I have a similar image from Death Valley National Park, check it out. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-salt-flats-bob-martin.html
Louise Merigot
Fantastic shot, Lexa. It just goes on and on!! l.f.
Lexa Harpell replied:
Interestingly, the patterns were not all over the lake, had to choose a consistant block to photograph.
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