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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => Bonneville General Chat => Topic started by: RCKirby on January 08, 2016, 04:15:30 PM

Title: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: RCKirby on January 08, 2016, 04:15:30 PM

You'll find the link below to the presentation that Ron Christensen made during the December meeting of the Utah Alliance.  He discussed the changes in the Salt Flats from the first racing events held in 1914 to the current conditions of today.

https://youtu.be/cZ8mQSqfL_I

Hope you enjoy,
RCKirby

Title: Re: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: tauruck on January 08, 2016, 06:25:22 PM

Thanks RC. :cheers:

Title: Re: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: distributorguy on January 13, 2016, 05:40:39 PM

Great video and info.  Depressing, but nice to see it documented in a way that can't be ignored. 

Title: Re: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: robfrey on January 14, 2016, 12:44:03 AM

Yes thank you RC!

Title: Re: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: manta22 on January 14, 2016, 06:56:03 PM

Good presentation but I think the final summation should have been a photo or map of the salt crust in the old days with the present-day crust boundaries overlaid. That would be a simple but graphic way to drive home the point.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

Title: Re: Utah Alliance/Ron Christensen Bonneville Presentation
Post by: Ron Gibson on January 15, 2016, 11:12:30 AM

Good presentation. Shows how the edge of the salt has receded.
However aerial views only show white salt, not thickness, .25 of an inch will show as salt. The 2014 view shows there was no salt, only mud at the end of the road which with traffic, caused the tank traps we drove through or around.

Ron