Salt polygons, #27631

Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA, natural history stock photograph, photo id 27631Add To Light Table
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Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. Death Valley National Park, California, USA

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Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
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