Harvesting Salt

[demmiblue]

Salt fields are also Bac Lieu’s specialty. Bac Lieu is the salt basket of the Mekong Delta, with vast salt fields running along the coast. The salt fields in Bac Lieu are divided into squares and rows full of white salt sparkling below the sunshine.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/2019-10-18/harvesting-salt-1/

[Major Nikon]

1. I've been to the Maras Salt Ponds in Peru

It’s a very interesting operation. Various families own one or more ponds from which the salt is harvested. Brine from a natural spring which has been flowing for centuries is routed selectively to the ponds, which are then allowed to dehydrate in the sun. The salt is harvested in layers with the bottom layers producing the highest quality “pink” salt. The entire place has been operating the exact same way at least since the time of the Incas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maras,_Peru#Salt_ponds

[abqtommy]

2. I saw the salt pans near Karachi, West Pakistan when I was 4 or 5 years old. (in 1953-54)

After my parents explained making salt to me I thought "That's cool." And after all these years it's still an accessible memory. That's cool too!