# Does Anything LIVE in the Great Salt Lake?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111 "2003-03-21T15:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111/21 "2003-03-22T23:27:43Z")

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It’s big. About 1200 feet.

See this page:  
[http://www.kennecott.com/amazingfacts.html](http://www.kennecott.com/amazingfacts.html)

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111/22 "2003-03-22T23:34:45Z")

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Do folks still make those salt sculptures in the lake? I passed through there many years ago, and saw that people would make frames and encrust them with salt from the lake.  
I was a tourist. 😃  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111/23 "2003-03-23T00:32:23Z")

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One artist has made a huge [sculpture](http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/spiral_jetty.htm) in the lake. It’s called the “Spiral Jetty.” When it was first done, the lake level was fairly low, and then it was covered by water for several years, so no one could see it. With our recent drought it has resurfaced again.

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**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-live-in-the-great-salt-lake/163111/24 "2003-03-23T02:24:26Z")

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From **Johnny L.A.**

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> Erm… What did you expect?

Something more than a sign, but less than Daytona. Even Edward’s Air Force Base (if that still what its called) at least has runways on the lake bed…

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