23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Edge of the Basin
A truck makes its way along a narrow causeway dividing vivid red brine from pale mineral crusts on the edge of the Great Salt Lake. Seen from above, the landscape becomes a study in contrasts — color against texture, industry against geology — revealing the abstract beauty hidden inside one of America’s most altered environments.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 08.2025 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2025 |
| Photo Location: | Utah, United States of America |
| Copyright: | © Alex Visbal |