Yekaterinburg, Russia

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The mineral carnallite causes the look of paint on the walls of the abandoned salt mines. It dates back millions of years when a salty sea dried up and left behind mineral deposits.



Only accessible with a government permit, the salt mine stretches for miles. In 2014, Mikhail Mishainik who is a young Russian explorer and photographer took the first photos of the Yekaterinburg salt mines. He would even stay there overnight. Some of the tunnels stretch for four miles. The air is filled with particles of salt which can leave you with a parched and thirsty.





The salt mines are located 600 miles east of Moscow and are 650 feet below the Ural city. Looking like a Vincent Van Gogh painting, the colors are a result of dried carnallite and potassium magnesiates, used today as fertilizers. The colors mainly range as red, yellow, orange, cream and white in color. Blue is sometimes evident.

The reason the salt mines are not available to the public is because they are dangerous to go through. The tunnels could cave in and gas leaks could occur from hydrogen sulphide, methane, and carbon dioxide.





Mikhail Mishainik spent over 20 hours exploring these salt mines. He was 29 years old at the time. Mikhail said: ‘The mines are huge and stretch many kilometres in width and length, a single tunnel can be over four miles long. It is hard to describe how it feels being so far down, you lose all track of time and the air is very dry, you always feel thirsty.'

Mikhail Mishainik states that if their torches were not switched on it would be pitch black. He also states you can easily get lost because many of the passageways look the same. He says that he and his friends navigated very carefully as a result. Many people in the area know about the mines.





I hope you enjoyed the tour!

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