Friday, March 27, 2009

My Country Tis of Thee - Where Does That Stuff Come From?

If you were talking about Tobasco Sauce, the answer would be Avery Island.

Avery Island is one of five salt dome islands rising above the flat Louisiana Gulf coast. These islands formed over the eons when alluvial sediment covered a vast plain of salt left behind by an ancient saltwater ocean. Surrounded by the swamps and marshes of south Louisiana, Avery Island stands the highest at 163 feet above mean sea level.

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