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Documenting the change in California salt ponds over the years

In 2010, photographer Barbara Boissevain started photographing the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. It is the largest wetlands restoration project in the U.S.
Ravenswood III, 2020, Menlo Park, CA.

Editor's note: As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit convenes, NPR's Picture Show is taking a look at work by artists and visual journalists that highlight climate change.

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