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The Allure of Searles Lake Salts

Evaporite minerals from Searles Lake have similarities to minerals found on the asteroid Bennu.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story The Allure of Searles Lake Salts.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Bennu mineral sample photograph by Rob Wardell and Tim McCoy (Smithsonian Institution). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published February 3, 2025
Data acquired August 15, 2024

Sources:: In situ Measurement; Landsat 8 > OLI; OSIRIS-REx