Salt is an essential
element for all people and animals. It is found in abundance here on
Earth, but it still requires the removal of the stone deposits or salt
water. In the process of extraction of salt can create beautiful scenery,
including a deep, strong caves, colorful puddles and geometric
carving. Some of these sites even have become popular among tourists,
acting as concert halls, museums and recreation centers that offer
galotherapy. This article contains images of salt mines around the world,
above and below ground.
One of the
colorful salt pools on the Uyuni salt lake, which is part of a pilot plant
lithium salts, located at an altitude of 3656 meters above sea level, which
owns the world's largest reserves of lithium, in the southwest of Bolivia,
Aerial view
of the salt pool and technological areas of the lithium salt mine Soquimich on
the Atacama plateau, the second largest salt plateau in the world, the Atacama
Desert in northern Chile,
Pond with
salt water in a salt mine in Nemokon, Cundinamarca, Colombia, November 22, 2012
80 meter shaft with more than 500 years of history has become a new tourist
destination in Colombia.
Tourists
visit the Chapel of St. Kinga in the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland,
December 15, 2011 According to the Supervisory Board of the Wieliczka Salt
Mine, the historic mine extends for a total of 300 km and functioned
continuously since the Middle Ages until 1996, when hydrochloric completely
removed the pillow. The mine, which is included in the list of world
cultural and natural heritage, is now used for tourism and recreational
purposes, as well as a museum.
Two employees
of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection are in the locker room 7 in the
former Asse salt mine in Remlingene, Germany, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 The
former mine is used as a deep geological repository for radioactive
waste.
A worker
walks through the salt mines of Maras pool in Cuzco, Peru, July 3, 2009 Mines
of Maras have been a source of salt since the ancient pre-Inca civilizations,
and currently consists of 3,000 small pools carved into the hillside in the
valley of Urubamba in the Andean region Cuzco.
The salt
mines of Maras pools in Cusco, Peru,
Tourist takes
pictures inside the Salt Mine Pride 350 km north of Bucharest, March 4, 2013
Part of the mine, located at a depth of 160 meters and 1.3 km from the
entrance, is open to tourists and is also used as a place of treatment of
respiratory diseases such as bronchitis or asthma, since it has high degree of
ionization of air and atmospheric pressure is higher than at the
surface.
The salt
layers are reflected in the waters of the inland lake in the Turda salt mine in
Turda (450 km north-west of Bucharest), December 9, 2010 One of the most
important salt mines in Transylvania, central Romania, Salina Turda has been
known since ancient times, but was put into operation for underground mining
work during the Roman period.
A small dock
on the lake at the bottom of Turda salt mine in Turda, Romania,
Aerial view
of the salt field Palibelo village, on the outskirts of Bima, the Indonesian
island of Sumbawa,
Salt Bowl
Danakil in Ethiopia, close to the volcano Dallol, November 29, 2004 Dallol is
unique in the world because it is the only volcano located below sea level in
the Danakil Depression, also known as the Afar region - one of the hottest
places in the world wherein the temperature of the sun is sometimes exceed 60
degrees Celsius.
A caravan of
camels walking on the edge of the salt in the bowl Danakil Depression in
Ethiopia, close to the volcano Dallol,
People
collect blocks of salt from the salt bowl Danakil in Ethiopia, January 29, 2007
Generations of merchants Afar hauling blocks of salt along the treacherous
route camel caravans from depression to the highlands of Tigray.
Tourists are
protected by the local police, attend educational sulfur and mineral salts by
rising sources of Dallol volcano
Mountain
biker competes during the 21's "Extreme mountain races," November 17,
2007 in «Glueck Auf», a former salt mine in Zondershauzen, Germany.About 50
athletes took part in the competition at a depth of 800 meters, where the
temperature reaches 30 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is only
20%.
Salt
waterfall in a salt mine Nemokon, September 26, 2012 Mine is one of the most
popular tourist attractions in Colombia.
Donbass
Symphony Orchestra Austrian Kurt Schmid plays a salt mine in the chamber -
depth of 300 meters, the length of 120 meters and the height of the arches 30
meters - during a concert in Soligorsk, Donetsk Region, Oct. 2, 2004 concert
was organized in the mine because of its good acoustics .
Crystal salt
in the form of hearts, lit from within, in a salt mine Nemokon in Columbia,
Busy working
at the factory for the production of salt in the county Nangqian, in the
north-western Chinese province of Qinghai,
Colored
mineral pools of water that had gathered on the salt plateau in pits dug in the
collection of salt, on the coast of Senegal, near the border with Gambia, June
12, 2006. Women gather salt by hand in 50 kg bags, which sell for about $
2, and trade with neighboring Gambia and Mauritania, where salt is used mainly
for conservation of fish in areas where there is no electricity.
The miners
are in a salt mine in Polkowice-Sieroszowice Polkowice, near Lubin, Poland,
Part of the
salt sculptures "The Last Supper" is shown in the Chapel of St. Kinga
in the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland,
A woman
walks through the salt-plateau, collecting white crystals near the village-Ngai
Ngai, 10 km south of the northern Senegalese city of St. Louis, April 9, 2007
Nearly 3,000 people, mostly women, spend long hours under the blinding sun,
collecting salt with sticks and hands, earning the equivalent of a dollar or
two a day.
Trucks
travel between ponds at a facility Dampier Salt Limited company Rio Tinto in
Port Hedland, about 1,600 km north of Perth, Australia,
Wessel underground
lake in a salt mine in Wieliczka,
Abid - work,
covered with powdered salt, poses for photos during the cutting of rock salt
for decoration in Khewra, Pakistan, Aug. 4, 2007 Salt Mines Khewra the second
largest in the world.
36-year-old
Mohammad Shabbir putting the finishing touches on the sculpture of rock salt on
the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan,
Workers are building
a hotel from salt blocks in the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt desert in the
world in the southwest of Bolivia,
The visitor
offers prayers in the mosque of salt bricks inside the centuries-old Pakistani
salt mine Chevra March 30, 2010 Centuries-old salt mine offers experimental
allergic asthma therapy, attracting patients from all over the world. The
clinic claims that asthma patients and people suffering from other diseases of
the respiratory tract, benefit from inhaling antibacterial salt particles in a
sterile environment, helping loosen mucus and clear the lungs.
Son of an
employee plays on the salt plateau near Bhavnagar, in the western Indian state
of Gujarat,
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