Here we are floating in the Great Salt Lake. I did a 2 page SU! MDS spread. The first page has all of us floating together and the second has our individual photos. It's true! You can't sink in this lake. It has a higher salt content than the oceans. See bottom of post for info on the GREAT SALT LAKE.
Click on either layout to see in greater detail.
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Designer Series Paper\_Designer Ktis\Summer Love - designer series paper\Summer Love - polka dot
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_Designer Kits\Convention 2013\Convention 2013 - banner 2, Color = 108,148,178
Greatest Moments II\Greatest Moments II - all of us, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - remember always, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
_Designer Kits\Light Heart Christmas\Light Heart Christmas - 2013, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Light Heart Christmas\Light Heart Christmas - 2013, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
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Designer Series Paper\_Designer Ktis\Summer Love - designer series paper\Summer Love - polka dot
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Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - so hot, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - smile, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - oh baby baby, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - simple is, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Photos courtesy of our upline Janet Wakeland
The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River. At the current level the Great Salt Lake is approximately 75 miles long and about 35 miles wide. Located in several wide flat basins, a slight rise in water lever expands the surface area of the lake considerably. The first scientific measurements were taken in 1849 and since then the lake level has varied by 20 feet, shifting the shoreline in some places as much as 15 miles.
Great Salt Lake is salty because it does not have an outlet. Tributary rivers are constantly bringing in small amounts of salt dissolved in their fresh water flow. Once in the Great Salt Lake much of the water evaporates leaving the salt behind.
Great Salt Lake is the remnant of Lake Bonneville; a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago. The most conspicuous reminders of Lake Bonneville are the ancient terraces etched into the landscape along the lakes former shorelines. The terraces were eroded by wave action and are relatively flat areas that follow a contour line. Look south from Buffalo Point for an outstanding view of Lake Bonneville terraces carved into the island as high as a thousand feet above the Great Salt Lake's surface. After the ice age the earth's climate became drier and Lake Bonneville gradually receded to form Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake is too saline to support fish and most other aquatic species. Several types of algae live in the lake. Brine shrimp and brine flies can tolerate the high salt content and feed on the algae. Brine shrimp eggs are harvested commercially and are sold overseas as prawn food. The oft maligned brine flies do not bite or land on people and are the primary food source for many birds that migrate to the lake. For most of the summer brine flies form a ring around the entire shoreline and rarely venture more than a few feet from the water's edge. Biologists have estimated their population to be over one hundred billion.
The ever-fluctuating Great Salt Lake has frustrated attempts to develop its shoreline. As a result much of the lake is ringed by extensive wetlands making Great Salt Lake one of the most important resources for migrating and nesting birds.
Page 1 Supply List
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Ktis\Summer Love - designer series paper\Summer Love - polka dot
Stamps
_Designer Kits\Convention 2013\Convention 2013 - banner 2, Color = 108,148,178
Greatest Moments II\Greatest Moments II - all of us, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - remember always, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
_Designer Kits\Light Heart Christmas\Light Heart Christmas - 2013, Color = 0,0,0
_Designer Kits\Light Heart Christmas\Light Heart Christmas - 2013, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Page 2 Supply List
Background
Designer Series Paper\_Designer Ktis\Summer Love - designer series paper\Summer Love - polka dot
Stamps
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - so hot, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - smile, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - oh baby baby, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Seriously Awesome\Seriously Awesome - simple is, Color = 230,WATERMARK 255,255,255
Photos courtesy of our upline Janet Wakeland
The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River. At the current level the Great Salt Lake is approximately 75 miles long and about 35 miles wide. Located in several wide flat basins, a slight rise in water lever expands the surface area of the lake considerably. The first scientific measurements were taken in 1849 and since then the lake level has varied by 20 feet, shifting the shoreline in some places as much as 15 miles.
Great Salt Lake is salty because it does not have an outlet. Tributary rivers are constantly bringing in small amounts of salt dissolved in their fresh water flow. Once in the Great Salt Lake much of the water evaporates leaving the salt behind.
Great Salt Lake is the remnant of Lake Bonneville; a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago. The most conspicuous reminders of Lake Bonneville are the ancient terraces etched into the landscape along the lakes former shorelines. The terraces were eroded by wave action and are relatively flat areas that follow a contour line. Look south from Buffalo Point for an outstanding view of Lake Bonneville terraces carved into the island as high as a thousand feet above the Great Salt Lake's surface. After the ice age the earth's climate became drier and Lake Bonneville gradually receded to form Great Salt Lake.
Great Salt Lake is too saline to support fish and most other aquatic species. Several types of algae live in the lake. Brine shrimp and brine flies can tolerate the high salt content and feed on the algae. Brine shrimp eggs are harvested commercially and are sold overseas as prawn food. The oft maligned brine flies do not bite or land on people and are the primary food source for many birds that migrate to the lake. For most of the summer brine flies form a ring around the entire shoreline and rarely venture more than a few feet from the water's edge. Biologists have estimated their population to be over one hundred billion.
The ever-fluctuating Great Salt Lake has frustrated attempts to develop its shoreline. As a result much of the lake is ringed by extensive wetlands making Great Salt Lake one of the most important resources for migrating and nesting birds.
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