Mud Flat

Originally published on Greengale

The Wasatch mountains, downtown Salt Lake City, the Inland Port area, the Kennecott Tailings Pond, I-80, and Lee Creek feature in this vertical panorama.

Aerial view of wetlands with shallow pools and pale blue and white crystalline mud flats separated by dark earthen berms. A creek winds through the lower half of the frame. A flat expanse of grey earth is visible with small dark spots framed by mineral deposits. Multiple rectangular ponds show intricate mineral patterns and frost-like formations along the edges. Roads cut diagonally through the landscape. In the background, a mountain range rises beyond a distant city skyline, while the arid desert terrain stretches toward a larger body of water located on top of an enormous mine tailings mound to the upper right of the frame.