Massive salt pyramids stand tall against the blue sky, while pink-hued salt flats stretch out in every direction. It almost feels otherworldly — like you’ve stepped onto another planet.

After nearly two years of researching on the Bonneville Salt Flats, University of Utah geologist Brenda Bowen says she’s increasingly convinced that the ecosystem is more sensitive to human ...

The Bonneville Salt Flats west of the Great Salt Lake are so flat that racers can drive at mind-boggling speeds that break the sound barrier. But the expanse of salty crust began rapidly receding ...

The Bonneville Salt Flats is a completely flat field of salt over 30,000 acres, definitely unlike any track you've ever seen. Passing Salt Lake City and then the Great Salt Lake, ...

In this Wednesday, July 22, 2015 photo, a couple walks on the Bonneville Salt Flats, in Utah. A small city of tents, trailers and thousands of visitors appears almost every August in the Utah ...

The salt flats have also thinned by about a third over the last 60 years. Scientists believe its decline could be drought-related, due to industrial and human activity, nature’s natural course ...

The flooded Bonneville Salt Flats are seen from Chopper 5 Tuesday. A geologist who has studied the area for six years says this is the wettest he's ever seen it.

Salt flats form in places where rainfall is scarce and there’s a lot of evaporation (SN: 12/5/07). Groundwater seeping up to the surface evaporates, leaving a crust of salts and other minerals ...

A visitor to Bonneville Salt Flats poses for photographs near Wendover, Utah, Oct. 8, 2022. The salt has thinned by roughly one-third in the last 60 years, but as climate change drags the West into ...

It has been long assumed that Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000 years ago. But new research from the University of Utah has gutted that ...

Since Uyuni is so close to the salt flats, tourists can easily book day trips. Flights from La Paz to Uyuni can be booked through Amaszonas and BoA (one hour, about $130 round-trip).