1st Place Environment/Nature: Hyunsoo Leo Kim, Virginian-Pilot–Bonneville Salt Flats. in front of the mountain on the horizon is where UtahÕs famed measured mile-site of world land-speed record runs where Gary Gabelich set the new record of 622.407 miles per hour with a rocket engine. Occasionally when the flat gets flooded with rain, the heaven meets the earth on this 30,000-acre land.