Salt Flats in Croatia – Glittering Textures from Above
Our summer holiday in Croatia is a few weeks behind us, and now, with winter at the door, you long for warmth and the sound of the waves. Near Zadar on the coast I had discovered a salt field, and of course the drone was in my luggage.
White and pink
From above the pans appear in white and pink, marked by sun and sea, with clear lines between them. Every picture holds a little of the warmth of that summer.
A piece of summer from Croatia
Of all the places on this holiday, it was these shots that gave me the biggest thrill. Here they are – a piece of summer for the dark days.
Dark and golden basins in a strict grid – the salt pans near Zadar.Pale basins, one of them greenish – shaped by sun and sea.A pale central basin between brown neighbours.Pale salt crust with a small round spot.A vertical dyke between two pale basins.A diagonal dyke separates beige from pink.Left, salt crust with a seam across it; right, a grid of basins.Pale salt crust, a pink strip along the right-hand edge.Pink patches shimmer beneath the white salt crust.A large pale basin between brown neighbours.Cracked brown crust next to a smooth pale one.Pale bands of salt and a salmon-coloured strip.White streaks of salt on a pink base, a diagonal dyke across them.Pink salt crust in horizontal bands.A cross of dykes and two brown patches.A dark seam runs across the pale crust.A vertical dyke between smooth and cracked crust.A cross of dykes and small concrete pads – a piece of summer for the dark days.
