This Polish Salt Mine Looks Like A Palace! (30 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       2 Jun 2020       6635

Wieliczka salt mine, near Krakow, Poland, shows that salt can be an art material too! The mine was first opened in the 13th century, and today, it’s a part of the First UNESCO World Heritage List. And for a good reason! The salt mine, which reaches -327 meters at its deepest point, features underground lakes, 2,000 chambers, and chapels equipped with enormous chandeliers.

 

This Polish Salt Mine Looks Like A Palace!
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Salt Mine: A Look From The Inside (2 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       22 Mar 2019       3524
Salt Mine: A Look From The Inside
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Artist Puts A Dress In The Dead Sea For 2 Years. The Result Is Mesmerizing (7 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       25 Aug 2016       8784

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged a black gown in the Dead Sea in 2014. The end result is amazing. Check out the photos.
 

Artist Puts A Dress In The Dead Sea For 2 Years. The Result Is Mesmerizing
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Inside Biggest Salt Mines Of Sicily (38 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       28 Apr 2016       6431

Photographer Antonino Savojardo, who has recently visited the island, captured these amazing and impressive pictures of salt mines located there.

 

Inside Biggest Salt Mines Of Sicily
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You Won't Regret Visiting This Abandoned Salt Mine (15 pics)

Posted in INTERESTING       14 Mar 2016       7110

Salina Turda was a salt mine located in Romania. It was opened somewhere in the 17th century and closed in 1932. Sixty years later it was converted into an insane underground amusement park. Check it out.

 

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Salt Lake City FanX 2014 (23 pics)

Posted in BLOGS       24 Jun 2014       2775

Some photos I took at this year's FanX in Salt Lake City. 

Salt Lake City FanX 2014
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Perfect Cubes of Salt Naturally Formed in the Dead Sea (VIDEO)

Posted in VIDEO       27 May 2014       8839

Check out this amazing natural phenomenon that occurs in the Dead Sea in Israel.
 

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Stunning Resonance Experiment with Salt and Vibrations

Posted in       7 Jun 2013       7952

This is quite a fascinating experiment using just salt, a metal plate and frequencies through a tone generator and a wave driver.
 

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Impressive Salt Cathedral in Poland (24 pics)

Posted in       24 Oct 2011       10107

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a beautiful place in southern Poland. It used to produce table salt for over 800 years till 2007 being one of the oldest companies in the world. This mine is referred to as ‘the undeground salt cathedral of Poland’ that attracts 1.2 million tourists from all over the world annually who come to see historic statues and mythical figures carved out of the rock salt.

 

Impressive Salt Cathedral in Poland
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Pink Lake in Senegal (20 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       9 Apr 2010       21045

This pink colored lake located in Senegal is called Lake Retba or Lac Rose. Its glamour color is due to many minerals and microorganisms in the water. Women in Senegal spend up to 14 hours a day on the banks of this lake to harvest salt. Each liter of water has about 380 grams  of salt.

 

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Two bear cubs - Salt and Pepper (14 pics)

Posted in PICTURES       31 Mar 2009       30468
In Norway, on 26 March, the employees at the Polar Zoo in Bardu were very surprised that one of the new born brown bear cubs was albino. The “white” one is a girl; she weights about three kilograms, very active and friendly. The cubs were named simply Salt and Pepper.

Two bear cubs - Salt and Pepper (14 pics)
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