Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1007280320350.17756@panix1.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Saline Ridge
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:20:44 -0400 (EDT)
Saline Ridge From the north side of the Great Salt Lake - the dirt road we're on circles above the 'ridge' in the foreground, which was the original trestle for the trans-continental railroad (tracks were built from both sides of the US and met a few miles from here). In the distance, saline marshes are visible; the Lake itself is over the horizon. I thought this landscape - apparently barren, but full of life (brine shrimp, brine flies, a large variety of birds), might be of interest; I don't think there's anything like it elsewhere on the planet. The marshes btw are remnants of Lake Bonneville (the Salt Flats are in another area.) Anyway - http://www.alansondheim.org/salineridge.mov . Apologies for the crudeness of the video; the camera's rudimentary without image stabilization, etc.