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No this is not Kutch's White Rann, it's off Salt Lake City as you cross over to Nevada in US

No. This is not Rann of Kutch, or the much propagated Road to Heaven which was lately constructed to connect Dholavira with the tent city off the huge expanse of the White Rann, which we visited last winter. Both sides of the road are White Rann, which is propagated as a tourist attraction.
Like the Road to Heaven, this is a similar white desert, driving down from Salt Lake City towards Nevada as we proceeded to San Francisco. 

The huge white desert on  both sides of the road for several miles gives a similar impression as that of the Road to Heaven, but except for a short stopover (it's called Rest Area), where few people were seen moving around in the white expanse, it was hardly a tourist attraction.
The white desert, ironically, is called "private property", and those wanting to roam around are warned in a notice board, they can go there on their own risk!

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