During spring and summer, the water slowly evaporates, leaving interesting crests of salt, and eventually the wind smooths the surface making it perfectly flat. So, it is advisable to wash it off with fresh water as soon as possible.Įach winter there is a shallow layer of standing water on the salt flats.
If you drive on salt, it can get on your car and the salt will cause corrosion. If you want to feel what is like to ride on the vast expanse of the perfectly smooth surface salt flat try it. One can walk onto the salt flats from here but for access by vehicles there is a causeway leading deep into the salt flat from the dead end of which it is safer to ride off onto the surface of salt. It is a starkly beautiful place, a vast expanse of white surface that looks like snow and dramatic, sparsely vegetated mountains as a backdrop. A highway runs by the salt flats and salty lakes and there is a scenic outlook with a large parking area and interpretive signs. When it is wet or flooded from precipitation y ou can easily damage the salt crust and become stuck in the underlying mud. Try to stay at least 100 yards of the edge of the salt crust or you may get stuck in the underlying mud. Visitors should only go to the salt when the flats are completely dry. There are sometimes closures when the salt is moist or there's standing water on the surface. The Bonneville Salt Flats is administered by the Bureau of Land Management for public use and enjoyment. The salt was once mined for salt to be used in food.ĭriving is permitted on the salt flats.
The formation of the Salt Flats began at the end of the last Ice Age, when the waters of ancient Lake Bonneville began to recede. This is the largest of many salt flats located in Utah. The area is a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan. I visited this summer the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, where a driver achieved the highest land speed on Earth with an automobile.
0 kommentar(er)
