RESEARCH

Salt Lake Streaks

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographed Lake Hazlett and Lake Willis in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert. When occasional flood waters pour into the lake beds and then evaporate, they leave salt mineral deposits that create bright, expansive layers reminiscent of piebald animal markings that are readily visible from space.

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