Flying photographer captures a jewel in the desert
by Sophie Perry from Technology | The Guardian on (#PTJ8)
Alexander Heilner's startling images reveal beauties we do not see
"We were flying above a huge , immense desert," says photographer, Alexander Heilner. "It was a monochromatic, rusty red colour as far as the eye could see, but in the middle was this jewel of blue and white."
It was neither oasis nor mirage. Part of the Intrepid mine, the vivid azure lagoon, so at odds with the surrounding Utah desert, is a potash evaporation pond, vital for fertiliser.
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