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Salt polygons of the Bonneville Flats

Fig. 1Salt polygons of the Bonneville Flats

Landform

A remnant playa of Lake Bonneville. Salt polygons to the horizon, a speedway, and a white floor that is also a sky.

Field note

The salt is a few inches to a few feet. After winter water it is a mirror. In summer it is a cracked white sea. Land-speed records were written here. The mountains sit on the edge like a painted backdrop.

A private leaf

Prints from Bonneville Salt Flats


Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.

The prints

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