Salt Creek
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Salt Creek
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Death Valley is full of surprises and oddities, such as the fact that this arid, desolate valley was once part of a massive freshwater lake. A remnant of this lake is found at Salt Creek, where freshwater converted to saltwater as the giant lake dried up about 10,000 years ago. The creek is home to the Salt Creek pupfish that lives nowhere else. As its watery home changed from freshwater to saltwater, the pupfish evolved to survive in its new environment. The fish’s evolutionary change would be roughly the same as if humans decided to drink gasoline instead of water. Not only that, but the pupfish has the ability to survive in water from near-freezing temperatures to almost 108°F.
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January 10th, 2020
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Comments (23)
Hanne Lore Koehler
Spectacular leading lines capture of this breathtaking mountain view, Jurgen! L/F/Vote
Jurgen Lorenzen
Toni, thank you very much for the feature in the group SPIRIT OF THE WEST - PHOTOGRAPHS ONLY!
Morris Finkelstein
Revisiting this stunning desert landscape photograph! Congratulations on your second place finish in the Water In The Desert contest! F/L
Jennifer Jenson
Congratulations on your top finish in the Water In the Desert contest! Beautiful work! L/F
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Jurgen, on your Win in the Water in the Desert Contest for this beautiful photograph! Voted.
Kay Brewer
Outstanding work! Congratulations on your 2d place win in the Water In the Desert contest! l/f
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations again, Jurgen – your stunning scene finished second place in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Water in the Desert photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Jurgen – your "water in the desert" scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2021 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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