The Great Salt Lake is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, saltier than the ocean, but not as salty as the Dead Sea. A swim in its waters provides surprising buoyancy, and stings the eyes a bit.
The Great Salt Lake is the remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville, a huge body of water which left terraced shoreline marks on many of the Mountains surrounding the Great Basin between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago. - Martin van Hemert
The Great Salt Lake is the remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville, a huge body of water which left terraced shoreline marks on many of the Mountains surrounding the Great Basin between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago. - Martin van Hemert
