Ten famous salt lakes: the Dead Sea, Great Salt Lake, Assal, Baskunchak, Elton, Tuz, Urmia, Natron, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and Laguna Colorada. Photo dates appear in the video; historical images do not show current water levels. This selection is not a ranking by salinity or area. Dead Sea: Tiia Monto; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dead_Sea_shore.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Great Salt Lake: Pink Sherbet Photography from USA; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Free_creative_commons_White_Rock%2C_Buffalo_Point%2C_Antelope_Island%2C_Great_Salt_Lake_%284593685931%29.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Assal: Mheidegger; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assal_Lake%2C_2024.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Baskunchak: Sergey Sebelev; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baskunchak_lake_2018.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Elton: Vissarion; Public domain (author dedication); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elton_lake_2009-08_01.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elton_lake_2009-08_01.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Tuz: Volker Höhfeld; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuz_G%C3%B6l%C3%BCi_22_09_2013_Salzsee_bei_Cihanbeyli.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Urmia: Arashk rp2; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urmia-Lake.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Lake Natron: Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanzania_2007-08-22_%282058192350%29.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre: patrickkavanagh; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Eyre_2019_01.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license. Laguna Colorada: Diego Delso (1974–) Alternative names Poco a poco Description Spanish free-license photographer and Wikimedian Date of birth 19 May 1974 Location of birth Alicante Authority file : Q28147777 VIAF : 3616170939435815660001 creator QS:P170,Q28147777; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laguna_Colorada%2C_Bolivia%2C_2016-02-02%2C_DD_65.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.