Saturday, August 22, 2009

Bolivia-Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is a place people don’t just visit. Rather,
they inhale its vastness and colours with every fibre of their being.
Salar de Uyuni is a place of superlatives – the world’s largest salt
flat, world’s biggest reserve of lithium, the best place on Earth to
callibrate satellites – in short: a visual miracle and mirror to the
skyVisitors grappling with the vastness of the place and the high
altitude are in for a special treat during the rainy season in the
winter: The whole desert turns into a shallow pool with a smooth
surface, a gigantic mirror in other words.

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