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A panorama shot of the Bonneville Salt Flats in West Wendover, Utah.

The silence out there is amazing. I couldn't get a good shot of it, but the salt creates a mirage effect and there are reflections in the salt that look like water. When the pioneers crossed the salt flats they would see what they thought was water and would speed up, straining their oxen to reach the water, which they, of course, could never reach.

It is a lonely place. At once beautiful and ugly. It was in the 90's when we were out there.
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~leangreenlimabean Jun 17, 2012  Student Writer
I like it. It's so surreal looking, like a fantasy landscape rather than something that actually exists in our realm of reality. Nice photo!
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~Gryffingirl77 Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much! Yes, surreal is a perfect word for it. Part of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was filmed out there.
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~leangreenlimabean Jun 17, 2012  Student Writer
Yeah, I remember hearing that! Never been to Utah, but I kinda want to go there at least some point in my life just to see that...
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~Gryffingirl77 Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
There are so many gorgeous parts of Utah. So diverse. From the salt flats to the redrocks to the Rocky Mountains....You can see a little bit of everything. Well, except ocean. :)
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