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Spiral Jetty

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Looking south over the Great Salt Lake onto the Spiral Jetty rock formation.

From Wikipedia:
The Spiral Jetty, considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson, is an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970.

Built entirely of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, it forms a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake which is only visible when the level of the Great Salt Lake falls below an elevation of 4,195 feet (1,279 m).

At the time of its construction, the water level of the lake was unusually low because of a drought. Within a few years, the water level returned to normal and submerged the jetty for the next three decades. Due to a drought, the jetty re-emerged in 2002 and was completely exposed for almost a year. The lake level rose again during the spring of 2005 due to a near-record-setting snowpack in the mountains and partially submerged the Jetty again. Lake levels receded and, in the spring of 2010, the Jetty was again walkable and visible. As of late June 2011, runoff from record snowpack has all but completely submerged the Jetty.

Originally black basalt rock against ruddy water, it is now largely white against pink due to salt encrustation and lower water levels.
Image size
4288x2412px 1.71 MB
Make
FUJIFILM
Model
FinePix S3300
Shutter Speed
1/362 second
Aperture
F/8.0
Focal Length
4 mm
ISO Speed
64
Date Taken
Aug 4, 2012, 6:42:17 PM
Sensor Size
6mm
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