Much of Utah is beautiful, but much of it is also ruddy or yellow. The state is home to ochre-hued canyons, knobby sandstone monuments, and a grove of bright, quaking aspens, with canary-colored canopies and white trunks. But in northwest Utah, near the Promontory Mountains and the edge of the Great Salt Lake, things get much more colorful. This photograph, taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in July 2020, depicts some salt pans that abut the Great Salt Lake. One portion looks like melted raspberry sherbet, another…
