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February 11, 2013

How the world's saltiest pond gets its salt
Providence RI (SPX) Feb 11, 2013
Antarctica's Don Juan Pond might be the unlikeliest body of water on Earth. Situated in the frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys, only the pond's high salt content - by far the highest of any body of water on the planet - keeps it from freezing into oblivion. Now a research team led by Brown University geologists has discovered how Don Juan Pond gets the salty water it needs to exist. Using time lapse photography and other data, the researchers show that water sucked out of the atmosphere by parched, ... read more

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