Local and Vernacular Architecture

Jashak Salt Dome

The Editor·Photos: S. Majidi, Hamid Abedi, Hossein Abdollah Asl·Bushehr Special Issue

The name of this place is misleading, and for someone who has not traveled to Bushehr or seen films of it, it conjures the image of a salt mountain. But this is an area spanning several thousand hectares that nature has architected over 500 million years. The Mond River, the most water-rich river in Bushehr Province, passes alongside this area, and from this point onward its fresh water turns saline. The beauty of its landscapes, which at first glance appear to a traveler passing on the Khormooj road like undulations covered in snow, can inspire any artist or architect.

Delicate salt crystals growing on slender branches inside a cave at Jashak Salt Dome — Salt crystals forming on branches inside a cave

A bright yellow wildflower growing beside a white salt rock formation — Wildflower thriving beside a salt rock formation

Interior of a salt cave with white crystalline deposits covering the floor between dark rock walls — Interior of a salt cave passage

Panoramic view of the salt dome landscape with dark rock and vivid orange mineral deposits, salt-covered peaks in background — Panoramic view of the salt dome landscape

Close-up of white salt crystal clusters with water dripping through them — Salt crystal clusters with dripping water

A salt-encrusted pool nestled within a rock crevice, showing blue-gray mineral deposits — Salt pool within a rock crevice

A salt waterfall flowing down a cliff face into a golden-brown pool below, surrounded by layered rock walls — Salt waterfall cascading into a mineral pool. Photo: Hossein Abdollah Asl

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