~ White But Not Snow ~ by Meisiekind

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 13, 2010

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I started feeling like the "odd one out" because most folks are uploading white stuff and not me! So I decided to upload a white substance too! lol... This is the Salt Works just outside Walvis Bay in Namibia and along with fishing almost makes up the whole economy of the area!! It covers a vast area with pans in various stages of crystalization. The salt pan in the foreground is about to be "harvested". Thank you for visiting and for your very valued comments and favs on my previous upload! Stay well! Hugs Carin xx

Comments (38)

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npauling

5:55PM | Thu, 14 January 2010

I like your 'winter' scene. Very creative.

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Richardphotos

9:18PM | Thu, 14 January 2010

very interesting and I never seen such a place for harvesting salt

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danapommet

12:12AM | Fri, 15 January 2010

The thumbnail looked like snow and despite the warning in your title, I was still surprised. Super contrast with the background piles of salt and the sky. Wonderful DOF and textures in the foreground. Love the tour of SA that you are giving us. Dana

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prutzworks

3:41AM | Fri, 15 January 2010

yup here in teh Netherlands too, we are running out of salt

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debbielove

7:40AM | Fri, 15 January 2010

A very interesting shot, Carin!.. This is something i don't think I've seen before on Rendo... A first? Outstanding.... and yes! We could do with it on the roads.. although it has started raining now.. so... That will freeze... Uuugh! Rob

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Chipka

5:30AM | Sat, 16 January 2010

WOW! How did I miss this? I blame Corey; he was probably saying something funny, or just being good company, which totally distracted me from looking at amazing pictures of places I've never seen before. And yes, this is amazing! I've even imagined salt harvests, and the fact that salt must wait (like any other crop) to ripen. I've seen mounds of the stuff, though--I live in Chicago, after all, and we use white stuff in order to melt that other white stuff that's really cold and slippery whenever the lake effect weather decides to go from fickle to just downright ludicrous. I really must visit the African continent, which is odd since I live in an area where the African-derived residents who claim to be like me all insist on visiting "Da Muthah-land," despite their lack of passports and geographical awareness, or a willingness to cross anything other than the neighborhood street. I really like this photo...it's an amazing glimpse into everyday life...way the heck over there, and I wonder just how much of that salt makes its way to Chicago dinner tables, or blood pressure readings at Cook County Hospital. This is as amazing as so much of the other stuff you post! And I truly love it! This image is making a trip into my favorites' file!

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