23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Salt Brushstrokes

Photographed from a small aircraft over Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a stockpile of harvested salt spills across the ground in thousands of pale ridges. The repeating curves trace the paths of trucks and loaders pushing the material into place, turning a working salt yard into a pattern that looks almost like painted brushstrokes.

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