Monday, June 30, 2014

Bright Blue Mining Ponds Stand Out in Space Photo

A new satellite photograph shows an unnatural splash of color in the desert — bright blue evaporation ponds at a potash mine in Utah. A potash mine sits aside the Colorado River about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Moab, Utah, in this snapshot taken May 13 by an instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. The jewel-like blue areas are evaporation ponds ...

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