A saltwater pond shrinks beneath the blazing sun, its evaporating waters leaving behind crackling lines of white crystals. The pond edge curves in a soft, breast-like arc, intimate and sculptural against the vast, cracked plain. Rust and turquoise hues contrast with the delicate salt patterns which lace the surface where water becomes mineral. In this quiet transformation depletion turns to creation.
This image was captured at Useless Loop is a town located on the Heirisson Prong on Denham Sound in Western Australia, in the southern region of Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Useless Loop is a closed company town, with 70 employees and their families servicing the Solar Salt Operation Shark Bay.
A saltwater pond shrinks beneath the blazing sun, its evaporating waters leaving behind crackling lines of white crystals. The pond edge curves in a soft, breast-like arc, intimate and sculptural against the vast, cracked plain. Rust and turquoise hues contrast with the delicate salt patterns which lace the surface where water becomes mineral. In this quiet transformation depletion turns to creation.
This image was captured at Useless Loop is a town located on the Heirisson Prong on Denham Sound in Western Australia, in the southern region of Shark Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Useless Loop is a closed company town, with 70 employees and their families servicing the Solar Salt Operation Shark Bay.
