#FotoVorschlag

“Der Blick von oben” / The view from above

Took this photo while flying over Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Its deep red color is caused by pigments produced by halophilic (salt-loving) bacteria, which thrive in the lake’s extremely high salinity levels.

#photography #aerial #minimalism #minimalismmonday #greatsaltlake

Great Salt Lake may hit historic lows this year, despite long-awaited snowfall

The current snowpack is still hovering near minimum levels, according to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. The agency’s Feb. 1 report — which revealed record low snowpack — gives Utah just a 10% chance to reach normal snowpack levels this year.

#Utah #GreatSaltLake #SnowDrought

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/great-salt-lake-may-hit-historic-lows-year-despite-long-awaited-snowfall

‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/the-lake-sundance-film-festival-dicaprio

#GreatSaltLake #environment #documentary

‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake

A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappear

The Guardian
@AngryBlackLady
Meanwhile here in Salt Lake, home of the 2002 Olympics and maybe the 2034 Olympics, it hasn't snowed once this winter. We're building new housing and data centers instead of saving the #GreatSaltLake.

#Roundworms discovered in Great Salt Lake are new to science https://phys.org/news/2025-12-roundworms-great-salt-lake-science.html

"#Nematodes are ubiquitous on Earth... Yet none had been positively detected in #GreatSaltLake until 2022, when expeditions by kayak and bike led by Julie Jung recovered nematodes in the lake's microbialites, the lithified mounds covering parts of the lakebed... nematodes became just the 3rd metazoan taxon known to inhabit the lake's highly saline waters, the other #animals being brine #shrimp and brine #flies"