Dry season

Sea water in, salt out.

Sea salt is sold as natural with no note of sun days or pan, so refined or blended salt can pass for pan salt. Each harvest here is a line with pan, sun days and weight, and the buyer sees those figures before paying.

Fillsea water let into the pan
Sunevaporation days logged
Rakesalt weighed at the edge
Sellthe sale closes the line
Salt workers in conical hats raking white salt mounds across flooded pans at sunset