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 |