We saw another spectacular sunset over Lake Seneca at Watkins Glen last night. The colors were just dazzling! It was wonderful watching the colors change as the sunset progressed.
One interesting side note about Watkins Glen:
In the photo below you see a tower to the left. This is the original tower used for salt mining in Watkins Glen. There is a huge vein of salt deep below ground that runs from just north of the Canadian border down through this part of New York into Pennsylvania. It is left from some ancient sea. They "mine" the salt here by forcing steam down into the vein and pumping back up a brine mixture. Then they evaporate the water away and are left with table salt. There are two such salt mining operations here in Watkins Glen. There is also what I think of as a more traditional mine with deep shafts and tunnels about 30 miles from here a short distance above Ithaca. I believe most of the salt from that mine is used for melting ice on winter roadways.
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