Shark Bay Materials:Fine Art Print Framed - Raw Timber the salt pan area is

the salt pan area is submerged by the sea

But it is during the dry season (May to October) that the real magic unfolds

The southeastern shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland are home to one of Australia’s most striking natural phenomena — the expansive salt pans that emerge like abstract artworks across the landscape

lost to evaporation

Shark Bay Materials:Fine Art Print Framed - Raw Timber the salt pan area isShark Bay, Western Australia 7431 Limited Edition 10 At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea grass beds, which are the largest (4,800 km2) and richest in the world; its dugong (sea cow) population; and its stromatolites, colonies of algae which form hard, dome shaped deposits and are among the oldest forms of life on earth.