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African Color
This woman represents the vivid color of African culture as she walks on a saline path through piles of salt extracted from Lake Retba near Dakar, Senegal. Many women carry goods on top of their head either in traditional baskets … Continue reading
Posted in Dakar, Photos, Travel, World Cruise
Tagged African, basket, color, culture, Dakar, Lake Retba, modern, native crafts, photo, posture-perfect walk, rainbow, salt, Senegal, traditional, traditional baskets, village, wares, women
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Back to Dakar and the Salt Works
This photo shows the packaged salt from Lake Retba or the Pink Lake. These guys don’t look like they are working too hard as they rest on the bags of salt ready for transport to market, but I think they … Continue reading
Salt Beds
The Amazing Role of Salt in Mesa Formations Underlying the formation of the sandstone formations are salt beds formed as the result of geologic processes that uplifted mountains. Basins caused by the uplift were filled with sea water and emptied … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Southwest
Tagged carbonate, geologic processes, gypsum, mesa, potash, salt, salt beds, salt extraction, sandstone, sandstone bluff, train, uplift
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