Perfect salt cubes formed in the Dead Sea
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Best Reddit comment: "For anyone wondering, this occurs because of the chemical bond geometry of the salt. Since the surface is exposed to the same concentration of salt the cube grows symmetrically."
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Electron Microscope image of salt:
1:04 PM May 25 2014