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Found this on Google Maps while scanning the Colorado River. WTF?

Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:33 am
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:33 am


Texas Gulf Potash ponds in Utah. LINK


This post was edited on 8/5/16 at 9:34 am
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Savannah
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:34 am to
Looks colorized to me
Posted by waiting4saturday
Covington, LA
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:35 am to
Purple Drank Mine
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:35 am to
pretty sure sherwin williams owns those ponds. that's how they store their paint in mass bulk.
Posted by Halftrack
The Wild Blue Yonder
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:36 am to
That's where people dump shite in the desert.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:36 am to
Says they put blue dye into the ponds to speed up the evaporation process.
Posted by Number2
Baton Rouge
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Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:36 am to
If those were paintings, I'd bet someone would pay hundreds of thousands for them.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:36 am to
quote:

Purple Drank Mine
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:36 am to
Natural consequence of this year's over abundance of purple rain.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:38 am to
I love these. Everything looks like this in my head.
Posted by bhtigerfan
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:38 am to


Posted by gmrkr5
NC
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:43 am to
quote:

Purple Drank Mine



Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:46 am to
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
9241 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:47 am to
The pink lake in Australia:

And Senegal:
Posted by SECretariat
Member since Jun 2015
396 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:47 am to
Evaporation pools - From the article: As the sun evaporates the water in the pond, crystals of potassium and salt are left behind, which are gathered for production of the odourless chemical (potassium chloride in this instance).

Reddit user asks the same question

Daily Mail article



This post was edited on 8/5/16 at 9:49 am
Posted by supatigah
CEO of the Keith Hernandez Fan Club
Member since Mar 2004
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Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:48 am to
they pump the brine into the shallow reservoirs and let the sun evaporate the water. then they come with earth moving equipment and scrape up the potash

profit
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33146 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:48 am to
Probably something the EPA did.....
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33146 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:49 am to
There's orange pools next to Pelican Point in Louisiana. What's that about?
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52583 posts
Posted on 8/5/16 at 9:49 am to
You've never heard of the Painted Desert?
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