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The Salt Company of Swakopmund in Namibia was established in 1936 and operates its salt pans 10 Km north of the town on the unpolluted Benguella current of the Atlantic Ocean.

Since their activities are concentrated in an area of low rainfall at the Atlantic coastline with high evaporation rates, the logical consequence is the production of solar salt by means of evaporation pans. The seawater evaporates in successive ponds until the brine is fully concentrated and salt crystallizes on the floor of the crystallizing ponds.

The concentrating ponds will show distinct colouration, a pink or red, depending on the salt concentration and what species of plant and shrimp find it habitable.