MOAB, UT - - The view of Canyonlands National Park from Dead Horse Point State Park is varied...and always spectacular. One item which somewhat mars the vista are the evaporation pools seen center left in the above photo. These are just two of a number of large pools from which phosphate is recovered. A mining company with the rights to do this pumps water from the Colorado River into the mines, the phosphate dissolves, and the water is pumped into the evaporation pools for the next step in the process. Note my trusty companion (upper right) surveying the scene.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Dead Horse Point
MOAB, UT - - The view of Canyonlands National Park from Dead Horse Point State Park is varied...and always spectacular. One item which somewhat mars the vista are the evaporation pools seen center left in the above photo. These are just two of a number of large pools from which phosphate is recovered. A mining company with the rights to do this pumps water from the Colorado River into the mines, the phosphate dissolves, and the water is pumped into the evaporation pools for the next step in the process. Note my trusty companion (upper right) surveying the scene.
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