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January 21, 2012
January 21, 2012
Lake Assal, Djibouti
Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic
This Month in Photo of the Day: Travel Photos
Djibouti's Lake Assal is one of the world's saltiest lakes. Intense heat and strong winds fuel rapid evaporation, leaving a bathtub ring of minerals around the lake's shore.
See more pictures from the January 2012 feature story "The Salt and the Earth."
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