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BA2840/1427: Evening on the mudflats surrounding the town of Onslow, August 2019
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BA2840/1428: One of the many small salt water ponds next to the highway into the town of Onslow, August 2019
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BA2840/1429: Across the landscape to the Onslow Salt salt stockpile. From here the salt is loaded onto a conveyor belt and into ships in Beadon Bay, August 2019
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BA2840/1430: The Onslow Salt stockpile never stops being replenished. It is piles up while wet and dries to form a solid crust which prevents erosion
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BA2840/1431: The pumping station at Onslow Salt draws sea water from Beadon Creek at high tide and pumps it into the first of four ponds, August 2019
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BA2840/1432: Pelicans feed on fish which have been pumped into the pond, August 2019
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BA2840/1433: Rock walls prevent waves destroying the road system at Onslow Salt, August 2019
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BA2840/1434: The rocks at the waters edge were moved there by the last cyclone to hit Onslow. Maintaining the walls and roads is ongoing at Onslow Salt, August 2019
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BA2840/1435: Blue green algae in the pond system feeds on the gypsum under the salt water
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BA2840/1436: Blue green algae on the edge of a pond
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BA2840/1437: The landscape around Onlsow Salt's salt mining operation, August 2019
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BA2840/1438: In pond two schools of garfish gather to eat smaller fish sucked through the pumping system
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BA2840/1439: Garfish in pond two at Onslow Salt, August 2019
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BA2840/1440: Garfish feeding in the shallows of a pond at Onslow Salt, August 2019
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BA2840/1441: A dead garfish lies beside the road at Onslow Salt, August 2019
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BA2840/1442: Harvesting salt from one of Onslow Salt's crystalliser ponds, August 2019
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BA2840/1443: Harvesting salt from one of Onslow Salt's crystalliser ponds, August 2019
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BA2840/1444: Harvesting salt from one of Onslow Salt's crystalliser ponds, August 2019
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- Salt mines and mining -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Solar ponds -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Jetties -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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