Well, we’re not sure if the color calibration on this video has been messed with, but this stout-looking 1970 Super Bee was filmed cavorting on the Salt Flats of Utah, on what appears to be either during an oddly timed hour of the day or a solar eclipse.

We’re pleased to report that both the driver and the producer knew enough to treat the salt with a modicum of respect, lest someone track down the tags and visit the owner. In truth, it doesn’t look as though the 1970 Super Bee actually ever got up too much speed, but the amped-up Dodge Coronet was going to need a good chassis wash before being put back in the garage.

Once covered in a lake the size of Lake Michigan, the salt flats are the geological leftovers – composed mainly of potash salts ranging in thickness from less than an inch to six feet deep. The salts can be a fragile ecosystem. An ill-fated wagon train crossed the flats in 1846, searching for a faster way to reach the Pacific coast.

They ran into difficulty on thin areas of the crust, breaking through and getting mired in the mud below. Evidence of their passing was still visible in 1986, from their wagon tracks, when archaeologists were investigating portions of the story.

The fastest car to ever run on the salt was the ThrustSSC, whose first record run was at 759.333 mph, followed by a confirming run at 766.609 mph – an average of  Mach 1.020. We doubt that the driver of the Superbee had any such aspirations.