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[Mark Ost]

I ran across this today on the internet and thought I would like to share these fine pictures of salt mines across the world. Some are just too good to keep to myself.
https://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/stunning-beauty-of-salt-mines-slideshow/a-view-of-one-of-the-brine-pools-that-are-part-of-the-lithium-pilot-plant-on-the-uyuni-salt-lake-in-photo--16098079.html
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[Ru Smith]

Lovely photos, Mark.

They remind me of Oman. There are natural salt pans at Bar Al Hickman (small) and Shannah (large). A (relatively) short distance inland in the Huqf wilderness, halite casts can be found in Cambrian rocks of the Miqrat Formation.

[Mark Ost]

Glad you liked them. I thought they were too good not to share. Whatever lives in those green layers is tougher than woodpecker lips.