File:Hexagonal Shaped Salt Crust at Badwater.jpg

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Description Repeated freeze-thaw and evaporation cycles gradually pushed the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes. The shapes are more evident with the Sun positioned in front of the camera.
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Source self-made; at Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Author Wing-Chi Poon
Camera location36° 13′ 52.44″ N, 116° 46′ 37.88″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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36°13'52.43614"N, 116°46'37.88389"W

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