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Salt of the Earth Warm and salty, the lagoons of Baja California Mexico are not just ideal nurseries for gray whale babies. They also offer ideal conditions for producing solar-evaporated salt. They are apart from the sea. They receive very little rainfall and almost no freshwater runoff. The winds are brisk and persistent. Laguna Ojo de Liebre's 75,000 acres of evaporating salt ponds are home to the world's largest solar saltworks. With headquarters in the town of Guerrero Negro, the company that produces the salt is jointly owned by Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and the government of Mexico. About half the salt exported from the Guerrero Negro saltworks is used in Japan's industries to help produce PVC plastics, bleach, chlorine gas, road salt, and glass. Do you think any ends up in your salt shakers or on your icy streets in winter? Watch the slideshow >> Try making your own mini saltbeds! >> This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.