Pass the salt

Large salt piles are seen at a production site in Messolongi, western Greece, Sept. 30, 2013.

The facilities at the site are the largest saltworks in Greece, and are located at a protected wetland complex of estuaries and lagoons.

A worker holding his shovel walks on a salt lake to a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

A worker uses machinery to collect salt at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Salt lakes at Messolongi are used for production by solar evaporation. The facilities are the largest saltworks in Greece, and are located at a protected wetland complex of estuaries and lagoons.

Salt is collected at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Wheel traces on the salt are seen at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Salt is collected at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Salt is loaded onto a truck at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Piles of salt are stored at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Two workers talk at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

A truck delivers a load of salt along the saltworks at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

A truck transports salt along the saltworks at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Piles of salt are stored at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

A Greek flag flies as a worker shovels salt at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.

Salt is collected at a production site in Messolongi, Sept. 30, 2013.