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Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") [1] is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at 10,582 square kilometres (4,086 sq mi) in area. [2] [3] It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level.
Salt flats are one of nature’s most beautiful features, providing a unique backdrop for some amazing travel photos, and no two are created alike.
One of two salt lakes in the northern end of the Danakil Depression known as Lake Karum. A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per liter). [1]
In comparison, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is a single salt flat of 4,100 sq mi (10,619.0 km 2), rarely has much water, and is generally claimed to be the world's largest salt pan. A dry, salty, clay crust most of the year, the pans are seasonally covered with water and grass, and are then a refuge for birds and animals in this very arid part of ...
The sculpture is built of mud, precipitated salt crystals, and basalt rocks. It forms a 1,500-foot-long (460 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m) counterclockwise coil originally jutting from the shore of the lake, [1] though due to the drying of the lake, as of 2022 a mile of lakebed separates Spiral Jetty from the shore. [2]
There are some places so strangely beautiful, it's hard believe they actually exist. Here's a look at our top five most surreal places on the planet. 5. Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone ...
The majority of pink salt lakes change their colour which is often linked to rainfall. A lake in Westgate Park, Melbourne, Australia, was coloured pink in March 2017 [10] and then again in September 2019, but since then and as of January 2022 had taken on a dark green hue. Warmer weather and lower rainfall appears to make it turn pink. [1]
Trevor Cole is an international travel photographer and photo tour leader based in Donegal, Ireland. Originally from Derry, he combines his love for geography and photography, capturing the beauty ...