Skipjack Joe
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Saltwater Lagoon
I just realized that if you click on this image you get to see it on it's own page with a grey background.
Very nice Doug Means!
[Edited on 10-23-2015 by Skipjack Joe]
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David K
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Nice photo... where?
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Skipjack Joe
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This was shot from the road between Vizcaino and Asuncion. These ponds are some of the most photogenic subjects in this area in my opinion.
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Skipjack Joe
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On the second thought it looks like Doug is resizing the image. Not so good because the image quality is dropping due to compression.
Wanted to add a second image but will go back to the old way of displaying via links.
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Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe  | | This was shot from the road between Vizcaino and Asuncion. These ponds are some of the most photogenic subjects in this area in my opinion.
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Agree on the photogenic. Especially with contrasting clouds. Nice photo.
For us it is also a good way to stock up on salt for the year. 
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Skipjack Joe
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There is definitely enough salt to go around.
If you look in the distance you can see white that looks like surf. That's actually a levee that holds back the water to the pond. On the other side
is the lagoon with cool deep water full of sea life. I'll bet that you can cast off that levee and catch spotted bay bass. I walked out there without
my fishing rod but it looked very fertile. I saw no life in the ponds other than flies. Not even brine shrimp.
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I wouldnt eat that salt...it is very toxic! but stunningly beautiful at times...my favorite is sunrise when it turns all pink and baby blue! this is
the end of Ojo de Liebre (Scammons Lagoon) where the whales go to birth and raise their calves.
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Shari,
What are the impurities in that raw salt?
Thanks for the heads up
Don't believe everything you think....
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All those different textures, lovely subtle colors. Que linda!
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Skipjack Joe
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This picture was taken at sunrise. This is how the flats look at sunrise.
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I'm guessing bird and animal droppings.
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Beautiful area- photogenic, especially at dawn/sunset
Heavy metals and other pollutants runoff in water and/or blow into those ponds from land and roads (oil, rubber from tires, animal waste, asbestos
dust from brake pads etc) and accumulate in shallow ponds near the highway.
Ok for salt intended for industrial use (eg, polyvinyl chloride), not great for consumption.
If you want clean salt for cooking, stick with the stuff harvested and sold for those purposes.
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Ken Bondy
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Beautiful Igor!! Muy bien hecho!!!
carpe diem!
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