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The World's Largest Mirror: Salar de Uyuni |
Saturday, 08 September 2012 | |||||||
Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, and is elevated 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above mean sea level. The large area, clear skies and exceptional surface flatness make the Salar an ideal object for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites. The Salar serves as the major transport route across the Bolivian Altiplano and is a major breeding ground for several species of pink flamingos. Salar de Uyuni is also a climatological transitional zone, for towering tropical cumulus congestus and cumulus incus clouds that form in the eastern part of the massive salt flat during summer, cannot permeate beyond the salt flat's considerably more arid western edges, near the Chilean border and the Atacama Desert.
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by digitaljunglist
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Anthony Di Carlo
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak
Sunset at salar de Uyuni - Bolivia by Auré from Paris
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Anthony Di Carlo
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Sait Izmit
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Sait Izmit
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by vskylabv
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Sait Izmit
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by Jacob Damgaard
Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia by easyleesie
Inferiority Complex - Salar de Uyuni, Boliiva by rabbit.Hole
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia by fundroid
Sunset at salar de Uyuni - Bolivia by Auré from Paris
Sunset at salar de Uyuni - Bolivia by Auré from Paris
Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia by Toro_33
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Uyuni Salt Flats by Say Hueque Tours in Argentina
Salar de Uyuni | Bolivia by Tomas Rawski
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