Bonneville Salt Flats Throwback to July 2007 - High Speed Runs | AKA Rally

The Bonneville Salt Flats is one of the most surreal places I have visited. The further you retreat from land features the harder it becomes to make spatial judgements. It’s a spectacular bright white like snow and you have to take precautions just like you do with snow (to not sunburn your eyes)

Driving out onto the flats at dawn

 

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Jason demonstrating how deceptive the scale of things on the Flats can get. That mountain is actually 50 miles away but it seems so close.

 

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Me at the 2 mile mark in the center of the high speed runs capturing footage, radar, and relaying for radio – the curvature of the earth, and lack of objects to bounce signals around make communication tricky – You cannot see the finish from the start.

 

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Jackassing around in coveralls next to the Transmarobird – what you don’t realize is that it’s over 100 degrees but looks snow white

 

Such a privilege to get to codrive with this guy. What a sharp ride that clownshoe. SUCH fond memories cruising across the country in this thing.

 

aka-PANO