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.

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Date Taken: 08.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Utah, United States of America
Copyright: © Alex Visbal