Wednesday, July 9, 2014

salt

the Blogger/Blogspot app for the ipad is a piece of poop, and keeps posting my stuff out of order and not letting me move it around. there may be new stuff you havent seen after stuff you have. this is the peril of mixing google and apple products... it reorders time itself. Just saying.

It has been hard to get a picture that shows how pink the water in the salt pans is or how high the salt is stacked.  in most places, all that seperates the pink water from bright blue is the small strip masquerading as road. its surreal looking, but really hard to get photos.


Yesteday we went over there so i could try again and saw that the salt ship is at the pier. It is being filled with salt from a long conveyor belt.




The piles of salt (or "salt titties" as my mother calls them) are big enough to be seen from almost anywhere on the island with an unobstructd view. They really look like albino pyramids from a distance.



My understanding is that most of their salt is used in commercial applications rather than being food grade, but if youve ever paid a premium for sea salt, its likely been through a similar process. 


Even the wastewater runoff is so pink that it looks like youd get super powers if you swam through it. or turn into a super deformed villain.


Which may explain this ideogram. i cant really tell what it is. it looks like its warning levitating fauns on crutches to watch out for gopher hills. 


Max 40KM, Mr Tumnus! Maybe a giraffe with a human head?  i really cant tell. My dad says it is a "men at work" sign (not the band). I have posted an actual version of that below for your comparison.















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