Weather.com - 2/05/13, Wynne Parry, OurAmazingPlanet.com
In this photo taken from the International Space Station, the different salt concentrations in the north and south ends of Utah's Great Salt Lake are clearly shown. Wikimedia Commons.
So much salt is dissolved in the northern part of Utah's Great Salt Lake that its edges can become encrusted with crystals that sparkle against a treeless landscape and vast sky.
The salt concentration of the water hovers near saturation, reaching nearly 10 times the salinity, or salt content, of the oceans. These conditions are inhospitable to most life, except some salt-loving organisms.
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