Hamed Saber
This is our flickr gang, sitting on hegzagonals of Namak (salt) lake, located at Kavir desrt of Iran, Qum province.
The whiteness of land we are seated on at this shot, is because of Salt, which covered all over the lake. In satellite photos, you can just see a triangular white area, which all of it is SALT!
The excursion was scheduled in honor of our guest from Singapore: Kelly.
Check the notes on photo for flickr pages, and also check the map of
photo page, for geo-info. (We've entered the Namak lake from the
south, by the road you can see in flickr map. Our program was also
visiting the island you can see in right side of the map inside the
lake named Sargardan Island, but unfortunately time didn't allow us to do what we planned)
Don't forget to make a look at this article from NASA about
"Kavir National Park", which also contains a satellite
photography of Namak (salt) lake.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?...
Salt Lakes
A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water which has a
concentration of salts (mostly sodium chloride) and other minerals
significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least 3,000
milligrams of salt per liter). In many cases, salt lakes have a higher
concentration of salt than sea water.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Salt Flat (Playa)
Playa, also known as alkali flat or sabkha, is a dry lakebed,
generally the shore of, or remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats
consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Their
surface is generally very dry, hard and smooth in the summer months,
but wet and very soft in the winter months. While the playa itself
will be devoid of vegetation, they are commonly ringed by shadscale,
saltbrush and other salt-tolerant plants that provide critical winter
fodder for livestock and other herbivores.
Many playas contain shallow lakes in the winter, especially during wet
years. If the layer of water is thin and is moved around the playa by
the wind, an exceedingly hard and smooth surface can develop. Thicker
layers of water can result in a "cracked-mud" surface. Too
little water can result in dune formation.
The extremely flat, smooth, and hard surfaces of playas make them
ideal surfaces for motor vehicles. Large-sized playas are further
excellent spots for pursuing land speed records, as the smoothness of
the surface allows low-clearance vehicles to travel very fast without
risk of disruption by surface irregularities, and the course of travel
does not need to be too precise to avoid obstacles.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Salt Marsh
A salt marsh is a type of marsh found in the intertidal transition
between land and ocean. They are dominated by halophytic herbaceous
plants. They are also called tidal marshes or saltings. 'Ing' is a
word of Nordic origin, meaning 'meadow' and saltings made quite rich
cattle pasture which was also free of liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica
and others). Care should be taken not to confuse 'salting' with
'saltern', which is a salt-house. Salterns were not found among salt
marshes and are places where brine is evaporated to produced salt.
(Source: Wikipedia)
This photo is added to flickr Explore (interestingness) page of 17 December 2006.
Ehsan Khakbaz, mngl, T O K T A M, Kelly Cheng, and 53 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Maggie's World ... 63 months ago | reply
great group of experts. 123
Kombizz 60 months ago | reply
not bad
Hamed Saber 60 months ago | reply
@Kombizz: What else do you want?
r c hill photography 60 months ago | reply
Group shots are hard! This is great
looking4poetry 60 months ago | reply
@Mr. 'Chard : yep, and it is Hamed's speciality ;-)
Frizztext 56 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called comments-no-awards, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Slava V. 54 months ago | reply
Thank you for releasing this shot under CC license. Just wanted to let you know I've selected to display this image at 'Salt Lake' news page (it's my hobby site), full attribution and link to you is provided. Thank you once again.
rezarostami2002 52 months ago | reply
سلام حامد جان عکس و پس زمینه اون خیلی قشنگه
J Jamali 50 months ago | reply
Super Duper :) God Bless This Flickr Gang :)
I wish i can Visit Iran cause i love IRAN
Giorgio Montersino 50 months ago | reply
Amazing. Long live Flickr (and Iran :)) )
Siris .. 49 months ago | reply
adam-o yade barzakh mindaze :)
Silent Streams 49 months ago | reply
beautiful !
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spelio 47 months ago | reply
What a great group shot..
Love from us in Australia..
www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/3589024436/
Bill
kaif mahdi 47 months ago | reply
can i be a part of your group, of course to learn some photography. i am an indian studying in tehran. n photography is my life, though not my field of study.
lad www.vista-satelite.com 45 months ago | reply
very nice shot
ajay_kumar7210200022 44 months ago | reply
दा
Abi me leib [deleted] 43 months ago | reply
We have those here as well!
Felan~!
Adventure Travel Reviews 37 months ago | reply
What a calm and serene image.
I've used your photo on one of my blog posts about group travel, if you're interested: www.adventure-travel-reviews.com/articles/group-tour-top-...
:)
Frizztext 36 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called existentialism, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
dasar 35 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called DESERTS (add the best to faves), and we'd love to have this added to the group!