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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:   A fish monger cuts up a fish for a customer in the market in Samut Songkram.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:    A family rides a motorcycle through Samut Songkram (also called Mae Klong), Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter in the market in Samut Songkram, Thailand. The man was trying to sell some of his religious amulets to vendors in the market.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:   A butcher in the market in Samut Songkram.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  A man and his daughter in the market in Samut Songkram, Thailand. The man was trying to sell some of his religious amulets to vendors in the market.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  A fruit vendor in the market in Samut Songkram, Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  A fruit vendor in the market in Samut Songkram, Thailand.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:   A man walks through the market in Samut Songkram. The market is next to the railroad tracks. When a train comes in the vendors move their shops off the tracks. It has become a major tourist attraction in the town.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:   A fish monger cuts up a fish for a customer in the market in Samut Songkram.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:    Noodle soup with roast pork in a street food stall in Samut Songkram.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MAY 2015 - SAMUT SONGKRAM, SAMUT SONGKRAM, THAILAND:  An amulet vendor in the market in Samut Songkram, Thailand, examines an amulet a man was trying to sell. Amulet vendors frequently buy amulets that they then resell. In this case the vendor and the prospective seller couldn't agree on a price and the vendor did not buy the used amulet.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A Thai flag flies over bags of salt for sale on the side of the road near Samut Songkhram. The salt was harvested in 2012 and warehoused. The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker's motor scooter sits on the edge of a salt field. The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  Bags of salt for sale on the side of the road near Samut Songkhram. The salt was harvested in 2012 and warehoused. The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  Morning clouds are reflected in a still flooded salt field near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker looks out over a still flooded salt field in Samut Songkhram.  The salt fields around Samut Songkhram are some of the most productive salt fields in Thailand. Salt is gathered on a seasonal basis. The fields, which lie near the Gulf of Siam, are flooded with sea water during the last half of the rainy season and then as the water evaporates off after the rainy season migrant workers collect the salt. In 2013 the salt harvest was delayed by months because it continued to rain well after the traditional end of the rainy season.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor picks up the awning from her market stall as a train comes into the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers haul wheelbarrows full of salt out of the fields near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers walk out of the salt fields after an early morning shift near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   A child who works in the salt fields around Samut Songkhram, Thailand, waits for his work assignment during the 2013 salt harvest. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A fruit vendor in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A train pass pulls into the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vendor watches a train pass through the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SamutSongkhramMarketTrain032.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Migrant workers rake salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: An elderly woman shops in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SamutSongkhramMarketTrain002.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor picks up the awning from her market stall as a train comes into the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Thai candies for sale in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker dumps salt from a wheelbarrow into an area where it is bagged and weighed before sale during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vegetable vendor does business in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SamutSongkhramMarketTrain006.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    Loose packed salt for sale by the kilo in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Salt harvesters move salt to an area where it will be bagged and weighed in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Salt harvesters wait for their work assignments before starting work in a field near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Migrant workers rake salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A meat vendor chops meat in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A railway worker walks back to his office after waving an outbound train out of the station in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vendor watches a train pass through the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Seafood vendors pick up their merchandise as a train comes into Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor in the Samut Songkhram market sets out crabs she's selling. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A fish monger in the Samut Songkhram market weighs a fish before selling it. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor in the Samut Songkhram market. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker in the salt fields near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. Even though it's very hot and humid, workers cover themselves from head to toe for protection from the sun. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker loads salt into a wheelbarrow during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Salt harvesters move salt to an area where it will be bagged and weighed in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready for harvest in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Migrant salt workers share a drink of water while piling salt together in a field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker leaves a salt field in Samut Songkhram province Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker in a salt field in Samut Songkhram wraps a sweat rag around his head before going back to work. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram pile salt so it can be harvested. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  Piles of a salt in a tidal basin in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A migrant salt worker walks back to works after getting a drink of water while piling salt together in a field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A porter carries a bag of ice through the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A Buddhist nun in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: d Workers load salt into a wheelbarrow during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker in the salt fields near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers walk out of the salt fields after an early morning shift near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Salt harvesters move salt to an area where it will be bagged and weighed in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    A salt field worker relaxes before going to work in a salt field near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vendor watches a train pass through the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A market vendor picks up the awning from her market stall as a train comes into the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker loads salt into a wheelbarrow during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers walk out of the salt fields after an early morning shift near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers in a salt field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, rake salt into piles during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    A worker carries bags of salt to a waiting truck. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A migrant salt worker gets a drink of water while piling salt together in a field in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vendor watches a train pass through the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JANUARY 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A vendor helps a customer in the market in Samut Songkhram. Four trains each day make the round trip from Baan Laem, near Samut Sakhon, to Samut Songkhram, the train chugs through market eight times a day (coming and going). Each time market vendors pick up their merchandise and clear the track for the train, only to set up again when the train passes. The market on the train tracks has become a tourist attraction in this part of Thailand and many tourists stop to see the train on their way to or from the floating market in Damnoen Saduak.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SamutSongkhramMarketTrain022.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker loads salt into a wheelbarrow during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker loads salt into a wheelbarrow during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: A worker sits on her rake during the salt harvest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Workers walk out of the salt fields after an early morning shift near Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:   Salt harvesters move salt to an area where it will be bagged and weighed in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    A child pushes a wheelbarrow of salt to an area where it will be bagged and weighed for sale. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    A worker piles salt into a wheelbarrow before hauling it to an area where it will be bagged and weighed. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSaltHarvest048.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:    A worker piles salt into a wheelbarrow before hauling it to an area where it will be bagged and weighed. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiSaltHarvest044.jpg
  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND: Migrant workers rake salt in a field that is ready to be harvested in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 APRIL 2013 - SAMUT SONGKHRAM, SAMUT SONGKHRAM, THAILAND:  A migrant worker rakes salt in a field that is ready for harvest in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. The 2013 salt harvest in Thailand and Cambodia has been impacted by unseasonably heavy rains. Normally, the salt fields are prepped for in December, January and February, when they're leveled and flooded with sea water. Salt is harvested from the fields from late February through May, as the water evaporates leaving salt behind. This year rains in December and January limited access to the fields and rain again in March and April has reduced the amount of salt available in the fields. Thai salt farmers are finishing the harvest as best they can, but the harvest in neighboring Cambodia ended 6 weeks early because of rain. Salt has traditionally been harvested in tidal basins along the coast southwest of Bangkok but industrial development in the area has reduced the amount of land available for commercial salt production and now salt is mainly harvested in a small part of Samut Songkhram province.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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