Salt Pond Aerial Photography

Stock Aerial Photography of Salt Ponds

The Aerial Archives library contains one of the largest collections of aerial photographs of salt ponds. Available are both oblique aerial views of the salt ponds and various features of the salt ponds, and aerial maps showing the entire salt pond system.
For a thumbnail index of oblique aerial photography of San Francisco which can be viewed on line, please consult the aerial photography of salt ponds.
A particular strength of the archive is the large collection of aerial photographs of San Francisco Bay salt ponds, including aerial photographs of the Napa salt ponds and the south bay salt pond systems terminating in the crystallizer beds of Newark and Redwood City.

Aerial Archives' photographer, Herb Lingl was featured in the cover article about Salt Ponds the Summer, 2004 issue of California Wild, the magazine of the California Academy of Sciences. The article, entitled, Past the Salt: A Photographic Essay of San Francisco Bay by aerial photographer Herb Lingl features 14 of Herb Lingl's aerial photographs of salt ponds including a spread of the highly saline ponds of Newark, and a spread of crystallizer beds and high saline ponds of the Napa salt pond system.

Aerial murals of the salt pond systems are available as customized views and in several prepared views. These include views of the San Francisco south Bay salt pond systems sized to 36 x 60" and 24 x 40". To request a proof of either of these murals please contact Aerial Archives and select the review aerial mural proof option. In comments, please indicate which view you would like to review.

Aerial photographs of salt ponds of the San Francisco Bay Area are particularly interesting at this time, because of the large wetland and habitat restoration projects planned in connection with the conversion of the salt ponds into tidal wetlands and other habitats.

In addition to the collection of aerial photography of salt ponds of the San Francisco Bay Area of Herb Lingl, the collection also contains infrared aerial photography of salt ponds, aerial photography of salt ponds located in Mexico and historical aerial photography of the salt ponds of the San Francisco Bay Area.
To order a specific aerial photograph of salt ponds please use the research request form.
Additional information about obtaining existing aerial photography is also available at aerial photography research and at aerial photography research FAQs.