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Salt flats, Salt flat, Salt Flats, or Salt Flat may refer to:
The Bonneville Salt Flats is a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. The area is a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville and is the largest of many salt flats located west of the Great Salt Lake. The property is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the "Bonneville Speedway". Access is free and visitors can drive on the flats.
Geologist Grove Karl Gilbert named the area after Benjamin Bonneville, a U.S. Army officer who explored the Intermountain West in the 1830s. In 1907 Bill Rishel and two local businessmen tested the suitability of the salt for driving on by taking a Pierce-Arrow onto the surface of the flats.
A railway line across the Bonneville Salt Flats was completed in 1910, marking the first permanent crossing. The first land speed record was set there in 1914 by Teddy Tetzlaff.
Entertainment filmed at the salt flats include portions of Knight Rider (1982 television series), Warlock, Independence Day, SLC Punk, Cremaster 2 from Cremaster Cycle, The Brown Bunny, The World's Fastest Indian, Gerry, The Tree of Life, Top Gear, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Furthermore, the Pontiac Bonneville (former flagship sedan of the Pontiac motor division), the Triumph Bonneville motorcycle, and the Bonneville International media company are all named for the salt flats.
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Common salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent; the open ocean has about 35 grams (1.2 oz) of solids per litre, a salinity of 3.5%. Salt is essential for animal life, and saltiness is one of the basic human tastes. The tissues of animals contain larger quantities of salt than do plant tissues; therefore the typical diets of nomads who subsist on their flocks and herds require little or no added salt, whereas cereal-based diets require supplementation. Salt is one of the oldest and most ubiquitous of food seasonings, and salting is an important method of food preservation.
Some of the earliest evidence of salt processing dates to around 8,000 years ago, when people living in Romania were boiling spring water to extract the salts; a salt-works in China has been found which dates to approximately the same period. Salt was prized by the ancient Hebrews, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Hittites and the Egyptians. Salt became an important article of trade and was transported by boat across the Mediterranean Sea, along specially built salt roads, and across the Sahara in camel caravans. The scarcity and universal need for salt has led nations to go to war over salt and use it to raise tax revenues. Salt is also used in religious ceremonies and has other cultural significance.
THIS ADVENTURE MADE POSSIBLE BY: Kuoda Travel http://bit.ly/kuodatravel /// The Bolivian Salt Flats in Uyuni, Bolivia are one of the most beautiful and unique places we've ever been! They are the biggest in the world (10,000 square kilometers of salt!). We drove 70 miles in the middle of the flats and had a gourmet picnic, and then hiked on an island that has formed on top of the flats. We ended the day with a gorgeous sunset and settled in our salt hotel for the night! Learn more about becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/karaandnate UPDATED CAMERA GEAR LIST: http://karaandnate.com/vlogging-gear/ GET $35 OFF YOUR FIRST AIRBNB STAY: https://www.airbnb.com/c/karab49 ***TRAVEL VLOG 319*** First Song by Andrew Applepie: For Mum http://andrewapplepie.com | http://youtube.com/andrewa...
GO READ MY COLUMN HERE! http://autotradr.co/Oversteer I'm on a giant road trip across the country, and I made a stop to drive my Aston Martin as fast as I possibly could on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Follow me: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ddemuro Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dougdemuro Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dougdemuro
http://www.motogeo.com MotoGeo's Jamie Robinson teams up with an Italian magazine editor to blast down the Bonneville Salt Flats on a stock 1199 Ducati Panigale. Moto + Events = MotoGeo Enjoy + Share + Subscribe Gear used: ►Alpinestars Supertech Leather Glove http://www.motogeo.com/yuf5 ► Alpinestars GP Tech Race Suit http://www.motogeo.com/tgq6 ► Alpinestars Super tech R Boot http://www.motogeo.com/l88j ► Arai Corsair X Freddie Spencer Replica Helmet: http://www.motogeo.com/aqak ► MotoGeo Trucker Cap: http://www.motogeo.com/pqhz ► MotoGeo T-shirt: http://www.motogeo.com/xlhb ========================== Sign up for Updates at: http://MotoGeo.com Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MotoGeo Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MotoGeo (@MotoGeo) See us on Instagram...
The inside story of Guy's attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record: his fastest and most dangerous speed challenge to date. Can he become the first man to do 400mph on a motorcycle? Watch the full episode on All 4: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/speed-with-guy-martin
"For the second year in a row, Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats has been canceled because the salt was either too wet or too muddy. During the annual event, sponsored by the Southern California Timing Association, cars race across Utah's famous salt flats. Races have taken place there for over a hundred years, but the flats need to be dry and stable. Although there's disagreement as to the cause of the altered conditions, a number of factors are believed to be at work, including climate change and the extraction of potassium from the site by commercial mining companies. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographe...
Supercharged presenter, Nicki Shields travels to Utah's legendary Bonneville Salt Flats to witness automotive history.
Part three of three. Jeremy, Richard and James get a terrible case of salt fever as they drive a Challenger SRT8, a Supercharged Corvette and Cadillac to their ideal speeds on the salt flats of Bonneville, Utah. Subscribe for more awesome Top Gear videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Topgear Top Gear YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/topgear TopGear.com website: http://www.topgear.com Top Gear Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topgear Top Gear Twitter: http://twitter.com/BBC_topgear This is a channel from BBC Worldwide who help fund new BBC programmes.
Bonneville Salt Flats: 3rd gen Mazda RX-7 race car trying to beat the land speed record for a production vehicle. At this speed, the tire patch that is touching the ground is LESS than the width of your index finger across each tire. Furthermore each patch is encountering dust and small sand-like particles often. If you could keep the pace with this car and remain standing next to it, you could reach over and push it away from you sideways with little effort. The announcer claims that an additional burst of oxygen in the fuel causes a loss of control, but in all likelyhood, the wind just changes ever so slightly, or began to blow (even lightly) and it was actually this that nudged the cars nose off by just enough to start a flat spin. Yes, a flat spin, like an airplane goes into! ...
South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, "Uyuni Salt Flat. In a world where the time flies, where people are required to work on a fast speed and stress is more and more common in humans, the choice of where to go gives now priority to places that offered silence and tranquility. In Bolivia, near the border with Chile, there is a small community where the main economic activities apart from llama-herding and quinua-farming, is mining salt. Uyuni Salt Lake is a peculiar place. About 40,000 years ago, this arid area used to be part of a lake that covered a large swath of the Andes. Nowadays it is The World's Biggest Salt Desert. South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, "Uyuni Salt Flat". The crust of salt covers a surf...
THIS ADVENTURE MADE POSSIBLE BY: Kuoda Travel http://bit.ly/kuodatravel /// The Bolivian Salt Flats in Uyuni, Bolivia are one of the most beautiful and unique places we've ever been! They are the biggest in the world (10,000 square kilometers of salt!). We drove 70 miles in the middle of the flats and had a gourmet picnic, and then hiked on an island that has formed on top of the flats. We ended the day with a gorgeous sunset and settled in our salt hotel for the night! Learn more about becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/karaandnate UPDATED CAMERA GEAR LIST: http://karaandnate.com/vlogging-gear/ GET $35 OFF YOUR FIRST AIRBNB STAY: https://www.airbnb.com/c/karab49 ***TRAVEL VLOG 319*** First Song by Andrew Applepie: For Mum http://andrewapplepie.com | http://youtube.com/andrewa...
GO READ MY COLUMN HERE! http://autotradr.co/Oversteer I'm on a giant road trip across the country, and I made a stop to drive my Aston Martin as fast as I possibly could on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Follow me: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ddemuro Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dougdemuro Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dougdemuro
http://www.motogeo.com MotoGeo's Jamie Robinson teams up with an Italian magazine editor to blast down the Bonneville Salt Flats on a stock 1199 Ducati Panigale. Moto + Events = MotoGeo Enjoy + Share + Subscribe Gear used: ►Alpinestars Supertech Leather Glove http://www.motogeo.com/yuf5 ► Alpinestars GP Tech Race Suit http://www.motogeo.com/tgq6 ► Alpinestars Super tech R Boot http://www.motogeo.com/l88j ► Arai Corsair X Freddie Spencer Replica Helmet: http://www.motogeo.com/aqak ► MotoGeo Trucker Cap: http://www.motogeo.com/pqhz ► MotoGeo T-shirt: http://www.motogeo.com/xlhb ========================== Sign up for Updates at: http://MotoGeo.com Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MotoGeo Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MotoGeo (@MotoGeo) See us on Instagram...
The inside story of Guy's attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record: his fastest and most dangerous speed challenge to date. Can he become the first man to do 400mph on a motorcycle? Watch the full episode on All 4: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/speed-with-guy-martin
"For the second year in a row, Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats has been canceled because the salt was either too wet or too muddy. During the annual event, sponsored by the Southern California Timing Association, cars race across Utah's famous salt flats. Races have taken place there for over a hundred years, but the flats need to be dry and stable. Although there's disagreement as to the cause of the altered conditions, a number of factors are believed to be at work, including climate change and the extraction of potassium from the site by commercial mining companies. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographe...
Supercharged presenter, Nicki Shields travels to Utah's legendary Bonneville Salt Flats to witness automotive history.
Part three of three. Jeremy, Richard and James get a terrible case of salt fever as they drive a Challenger SRT8, a Supercharged Corvette and Cadillac to their ideal speeds on the salt flats of Bonneville, Utah. Subscribe for more awesome Top Gear videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Topgear Top Gear YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/topgear TopGear.com website: http://www.topgear.com Top Gear Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topgear Top Gear Twitter: http://twitter.com/BBC_topgear This is a channel from BBC Worldwide who help fund new BBC programmes.
Bonneville Salt Flats: 3rd gen Mazda RX-7 race car trying to beat the land speed record for a production vehicle. At this speed, the tire patch that is touching the ground is LESS than the width of your index finger across each tire. Furthermore each patch is encountering dust and small sand-like particles often. If you could keep the pace with this car and remain standing next to it, you could reach over and push it away from you sideways with little effort. The announcer claims that an additional burst of oxygen in the fuel causes a loss of control, but in all likelyhood, the wind just changes ever so slightly, or began to blow (even lightly) and it was actually this that nudged the cars nose off by just enough to start a flat spin. Yes, a flat spin, like an airplane goes into! ...
South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, "Uyuni Salt Flat. In a world where the time flies, where people are required to work on a fast speed and stress is more and more common in humans, the choice of where to go gives now priority to places that offered silence and tranquility. In Bolivia, near the border with Chile, there is a small community where the main economic activities apart from llama-herding and quinua-farming, is mining salt. Uyuni Salt Lake is a peculiar place. About 40,000 years ago, this arid area used to be part of a lake that covered a large swath of the Andes. Nowadays it is The World's Biggest Salt Desert. South East of Bolivia is the location of the biggest Salt Flat in the world, "Uyuni Salt Flat". The crust of salt covers a surf...
On this episode of Roadkill, Finnegan builds an 1,100-horsepower big-block and Freiburger brings a Camaro that he's run 261 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Put 'em together and it's a recipe for win, right? If you think so, you're probably not a Roadkill regular. It turns into an entire adventure just getting there, and gets more interesting from there. Roadkill appears on the Motor Trend channel. http://www.youtube.com/motortrend Subscribe now to make sure you're in on all the action! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=motortrend Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RoadkillShow, http://facebook.com/motortrendmag & http://facebook.com/hotrodmag Twitter - http://twitter.com/motortrend & https://twitter.com/hotrodmagazine Google+ - https://plus.google.com/1018679678590....
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"Shoot the Salt" is a feature documentary with a running time of 45 minutes that follows Jody Perewitz as she attempts to set a world land speed record, and become the first woman to race an American made motorcycle over 200 mph. Her performance will take place in the stunning Salt Flats of Utah during Bonneville's Speed Week, on the same grounds where Burt Munro, aka, 'the world's fastest Indian', made history. Motor enthusiasts, trade journalists, and spectators from around the globe meet for the annual event to watch a wide variety of autos, custom bikes, and trucks in a celebration of mankind's desire for speed.
The Makgadikgadi Pans is a series of salt pans situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikgadi, which once covered an area larger than Switzerland, but dried up several thousand years ago. Lying southeast of the Okavango Delta in Botswana, and surrounded by the Kalahari Desert, Makgadikgadi is technically not a single pan but many pans with sandy desert in between, the largest being Sua (Sowa), Nwetwe and Nxai Pans. The largest individual pan is about 1,900 sq mi (4,921.0 km2). In comparison, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is a single salt flat of 4,100 sq mi (10,619.0 km2), rarely has much water, and is generally claimed to be the world's largest salt pan. ...
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Welcome to TerraTech! In this episode of Terra Tech, we spend some time unlocking plane parts by killing invaders and then we build a plane to scout out the salt flats to begin our base! ►Watch TerraTech Let's Play series here: http://bit.ly/MoreTerraTech ► Support Blitz on Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/Blitzkriegsler - - - - - Here are some other suggested playlists for your entertainment: ► Let's Play BeamNG.drive: http://bit.ly/BeamNGDriveGame ► Besiege Best Creations: http://bit.ly/BesiegeBestCreations ► Let's Play Goat Simulator: http://bit.ly/SpaceGoat ► Early Access Turmoil Playlist: http://bit.ly/MoreTurmoil - - - - - TerraTech Gameplay Overview: TerraTech is a sandbox construction and combat game where you design, build and command your very own fleet of tera tech v...
MG produced a series of experimental cars that were piloted by Captain George Eyston and took several world speed records. Several other speed record attempts continued with Goldie Gardner exceeding 200 mph (320 km/h) in the 1100 cc EX135 in 1939. After World War II record breaking attempts restarted with 500 cc and 750 cc records being taken in the late 1940s. And once again, in the mid 1950s. This film was shot in 1956 as a Californian driver Ken Miles is teamed up with Captain George Eyston and Johnny Lockett to attempt to set several new land speed records. They set a Class F record of 141.81 mph over 1700 miles during 12 hours and a straight away record of 170.15 mph. S056