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When the moon is full, the park’s salt flats take on an eerie glow, but that night the moon was just a thin crescent.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 July 2024
The salt flats in Inyo County are not far from the California-Nevada state line, about 130 miles west of Las Vegas by motor vehicle.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
The park service said in a statement Sunday that the six were riding near Badwater Basin, an area of salt flats in the park that includes the lowest point in North America.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 July 2024
Maybe supply has come down: a vein of ore in Australia has been thoroughly mined, or workers at a salt flat in Chile have gone on strike.
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Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1816, in the meaning defined above
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“Salt flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20flat. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
salt flat
noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water
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