Research has time and again shown that the briny water in the aquifer below the flats is depleting faster than nature can replenish it. The state is funding a study to determine if flooding the landscape with salty water helps maintain the size of the flats and combats the effects of climate change, mining and racecar driving. A state geologist collects data from a weather station in the Bonneville Salt Flats on Tuesday, Sept. The glistening white terrain of the Bonneville Salt Flats, a remnant of a prehistoric lakebed that is one of the American West’s many other-worldly landscapes, serves as a racetrack for land speed world records and backdrop for movies like “Independence Day” and “The World’s Fastest Indian.”īut it’s growing thinner and thinner as those who cherish it clamor for changes to save it. It’s so flat that on certain days, visitors swear they can see the curvature of the earth. WENDOVER, Utah (AP) - In the Utah desert, a treeless expanse of pristine white salt crystals has long lured daredevil speed racers, filmmakers and social media-obsessed tourists. This article was published (278 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.
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