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Salt Mining. Photos of world deposits

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Some 2,000 years ago table salt started being extracted by evaporation of sea water. This method first appeared in countries with a dry and hot climate where water evaporation occurred naturally.

Some 2,000 years ago table salt started being extracted by evaporation of sea water. This method first appeared in countries with a dry and hot climate where water evaporation occurred naturally.

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankThe extraction of table salt some 40 kilometers from Baku, Azerbaijan.
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The extraction of table salt some 40 kilometers from Baku, Azerbaijan.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankAt a salt deposit in Azerbaijan.
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At a salt deposit in Azerbaijan.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vyatkin / Go to the mediabankA boy during the extraction of table salt some 40 kilometers from Baku, Azerbaijan.
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A boy during the extraction of table salt some 40 kilometers from Baku, Azerbaijan.
© RIA Novosti . B.Loginov / Go to the mediabankUnloading salt in Saki, Ukraine.
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Unloading salt in Saki, Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Igor MikhalevKara-Bogaz-Gol salt dunes, Turkmenistan.
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Kara-Bogaz-Gol salt dunes, Turkmenistan.
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