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Salt everywhere


Salt everywhere
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Copyright: Nicolas Leduey (sykonico) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 53 W: 29 N: 78] (725)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1998-10
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Salt of the Earth [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2003-11-14 9:18
Viewed: 4564
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Lake Assal has 2 main particularities.
First, the level of the water is under the sea level, roughly 80 meters (which makes it one of the only places where the french pilots can claim flying their planes under the sea level).
Secondly, the water of the lake comes from the close Ghoubet El-Kharab, an almost inner sea linked to the red Sea, and the amount of salt in that water is really high. So high that the lake sits on a deposit of salt several meters deep. That flat area on the right of the picture is not sand, it's salt.
Some of the mountain top you see in the background are actually volcanos.


This was taken just before beginning a march when I spent some time in the French army over there.
I took this picture with a snapshot camera, I didn't want to risk my real camera.
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  • zto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 890 W: 247 N: 24] (292)
  • [2003-11-14 15:27]

Another beautifull photo Nicolas. Nice colours and intresting shapes. Great job.

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  • Djipi Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 61 W: 0 N: 20] (366)
  • [2003-12-18 20:02]

Nicolas, je suis vivement impressionné, non par la qualité de la photo elle-même (vous avez fait ce que vous avez pu avec la caméra discutable à votre disposition), mais par la qualité de l'explication.
Si la République entraîne ses soldats dans des endroits semblables... je ne suis pas inquiet pour elle. Je préférerais marcher au Pôle Sud.

This is another one of your masterpieces , the colors are very nice but I noticed a little red streak in the upper left hand corner . What is it?
Did you do any photo editing because you did a wonderful job .

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  • meme Silver Star Critiquer [C: 37 W: 0 N: 0] (228)
  • [2006-04-27 12:08]

like a painting! I`m impressed

i am not a big fan of funky frames and signature on the picture, but i i like the composition, you captured the landscape very well. i find it interesting to see this picture as there exist so few pictures from djibouti, or at least i can't seem to find them, so thank you for sharing it, and thanks for an informative note. i would very much appreciate it if you have some good advice on where to go in djibouti, and what to see, as i am going there in october. and is it really as expensive as they say?

nana

Interesting place and picture, well taken!

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