Is Great Salt Lake worth seeing?

It is one of the top amazing sights I have ever seen, second maybe to the butterfly migration in Mexico. It's worth waiting for the right season, and driving to the jetty. I've seen it once, that's good enough for me... Having very limited knowledge of The Great Salt Lake, my family and I were left a bit...



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The saltiest of the Great Salt Lake's water sits on the bottom of the lake. The heavy brine traps organic material (i.e., algae and plant and animal remains) and gases at the bottom of the lake.

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I heard that the Great Salt Lake is so salty that you can walk on the water. Is that true? Yes. By all means, try it.

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Reality check: While the lake won't poison you, the salt can cause problems if you're not careful. Cuts and sensitive skin can sting at first. I've seen children crying at the marina hose as their hapless parents spray fresh water into their swimsuits. The sting usually stops after a minute or two in the lake, though.

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Salty water is denser than regular water, and it is analogous to that of the human body in Great Salt Lake. As a result, going underwater is tough (basically sink in water).

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With a salinity level over 40 percent, Don Juan is significantly saltier than most of the other hypersaline lakes around the world. The Dead Sea has a salinity of 34 percent; the Great Salt Lake varies between 5 and 27 percent. Earth's oceans have an average salinity of 3.5 percent.

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Its shallow depth means that much of its surface area is exposed to the air, and is subject to its seasonal temperature fluctuations. Water temperatures vary from below freezing in the winter to more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.

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The heavy brine traps organic material (i.e., algae and plant and animal remains) and gases at the bottom of the lake. When the bottom of the lake gets stirred up, lots of bubbles rise to the surface. The bubbles release the gas that forms from the decaying organic matter, and this gas smells anything but pleasant.

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