human
Produce a detailed written description of a deserted scene outside a wilderness desert with salt-encrusted cracks and cliffs.
assistant
Hardened by hundreds of years under the intense heat of the sun, the vast expanse of silt is marred by an endless network of salt-encrusted cracks that form a kaleidoscope of geometric shapes. Jagged cliffs ring the dry lake bed, broken only by a faint trail leading northward and a towering plateau looming to the south.