Salar de Uyuni: Walking In The Sky - Bolivia

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Salar de Uyuni: Walking In The Sky - Bolivia

Post by vicked.vicky » Mar 20, 2009 Views: 5315

Salar de Uyuni. Some 40,000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó Lake and Uru Uru Lake, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Uyuni. Uyuni is roughly 25 times the size of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States.



During the Bolivian rainy season the flats are covered in several inches of water—reflecting the sky like a giant mirror. The rest of the year the flat looks like a massive field of snow. The way the salt dries in a consistent hexagonal pattern is most interesting.

















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Post by admin » Mar 20, 2009

wow nice place

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Post by chandoo » Mar 20, 2009

amazing place. vicky your posts are very unique and entertaining. Keep doing such stuff. I wish I could visit there.

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Post by srabon » Mar 21, 2009

wow.....very nice place.

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Post by editorawais » Mar 22, 2009

Beautifull collection

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Post by moonjee06 » Mar 26, 2009

amazing
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