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- novakaine, on 07/10/2009, -0/+19Awesome shots.
But that's not San Francisco. It's Fremont. - kernowjourno, on 07/10/2009, -0/+16Cool, looks like an industrial spillage from a paint factory.
- nwhysee, on 07/10/2009, -0/+11In San Francisco, even the ponds are flamboyant.
- tiklmahbawls, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Funny, while pointing out someone else's geographical generalization, you made one of your own.
That's not San Francisco OR Fremont, it's Newark. Fremont has other things it can be known for, don't take Newark's salt ponds away from them!
BTW Morton Salt (The dark blue cylinder with the umbrella) processes this salt in Newark. Also, I still dugg you up. :-) - 07dcolem, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Those aren't the only rainbows in San Francisco.
- AmyVernon, on 07/10/2009, -0/+7Beautiful shots.
- ironeus, on 07/10/2009, -1/+5The aerial photography really gives it a great perspective.
- madhollywood, on 07/10/2009, -2/+6Those are some really stunning shots. It's like landscape art literally painted on a landscape.
- macslut, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Oh yes it's real. It goes from muddy to blue, green, yellow, orange, red, orange, and then white. The vibrancy is going to change based on weather...sunny equals more vibrant. Also, there are different effects through the morning, mid-day and afternoon. If you're flying in on a commercial plane to SFO, you're not going to get as good of an experience as if you're going private to PAO or SQL, and can take pictures with an open window.
- Professr, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3I've flown over it, and I couldn't believe my eyes. It looks unreal - I didn't know it was just salt though.
- awtripp, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Protip: When replying on Digg use the REPLY button.
- adamg1, on 07/10/2009, -1/+4It isn't actually salt that gives them the color... if you read the article it talks about the various types of microorganisms in the ponds that actually provide the vibrant colors. Different microorganisms live in different ponds, depending on the salinity.
- Syric, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3Those are way closer to San Jose than to SF.
- greenroom628, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3yeah, but it smells like sewage.
- novakaine, on 07/10/2009, -0/+3My bad :(
- gildude, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Of course it isn't salt that makes the color either; it is the brine shrimp that provide the color. As someone who has toured some of the salt plants there and watched them scoop the salt out with big tractors - it is definitely WHITE and not red. They told us it was the brine shrimp that live it it until it gets too saline that give the color.
- WibWobble, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2http://rorr.im/
- novakaine, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2You might have had a point had it been landscape art painted on a landscape.
- diulei, on 07/10/2009, -1/+3 Yea, but how many people outside the Bay Area / California know where Fremont is? I tell people I'm from LA when I'm from OC (unless they ask for specifics), it's just easier.
- zacharycohen, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Can't wait to get out there and see them. I had heard of this but never actually seen them
- BeShirtHappy, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2What a beautiful palette of color (salt)
- inactive, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2MARS ATTACKS!
- pentupentropy, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Neato frito. That's pretty cool
- Turkman182, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Mmmmmmmmmm...salt.
- inactive, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2Salt or bacteria and algae?
- dagr8tim, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2History did a thing on salt last night (modern marvels), and talked about the salt ponds.
- novakaine, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Well, if you must give a more well known city, then Oakland or San Jose would have been better choices.
- klausany, on 07/11/2009, -0/+2Other beautiful places:
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http://navadierna.wordpress.com/about/defileul-dun ... - eLau, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Must be awesome to see this up close. Anyone know much about Menlo Park?
- ATrueRoman, on 07/10/2009, -2/+4I have flown over that area hundreds of times and I have never seen the colors like that. Are you sure this was not done with photographic filters? Looks cool but I just question the natural occurence.
- elbergel, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2In summary: Pretty colors are pretty.
- Wareznuke, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2After visiting San Francisco last year I was so fascinated by those ponds that I immediately googled them at my hotel. It's amazing.
- emloh, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Wonder what that does to the environment around it.
- troymccluresf, on 07/10/2009, -1/+3It's full of NIMBY *****. http://cahsr.blogspot.com/2008/09/menlo-park-wants ...
- troymccluresf, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1...and that's why people from anywhere west of Vegas say they're from "LA" and the term has almost no meaning.
Seriously, people. Maps. - newquayweb, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1even so, it reminds me of Pablo Picasso
- eLau, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1Thanks for the article. I was going to use the Caltrain and head up to San Francisco and was wondering why it would take an hour and a half. An HSR would be really nice.
- lamejoketeller, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2look up the definition of "literal"
- thebr3tt, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1I go on runs past them pretty often and I was so confused the first time I saw the dark red water. They're just as weird up close.
- itc518, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2That is amazing, hopefully someday I can see them for real.
- Syric, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1Not much, I would imagine. A lot of the bay coast was salty marshy swampland to begin with. The salt ponds are probably more natural than most of the parks and trails people have built, not to mention the cities themselves.
/semi-educated guess - inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2Amazing
- LivingnTheory, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1I drive over these everyday, and live 10 minutes away from them. They don't nearly look that vibrant in person, but man do they smell sometimes. The aroma of dead zooplankton, mmmm.
- YourNameHere1, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1with electric gats.
- newquayweb, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1I wonder if it is really salt. It may be more of algae or another chemical that is only present in the area
- bluekangaroo, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Its the algae that the brine shrimp eat that makes the red. By the time it dries to crystals, nothing lives in it and that is why it is white.. Different species of algae live in different levels of salinity, and those different species have different colors.
- ukdave, on 07/10/2009, -1/+1Kudos on the nice metaphor
- Furious412, on 07/10/2009, -2/+1@ ATrueRoman: Def. real. Seen them myself. You can even get a look at google maps if you zoom in enough...
- BridgeBurner, on 07/10/2009, -9/+3Buried for being about San Francisco...
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