Photo: Salar de Uyuni (3)

Place: salar de Uyuni, Potosí, Departamento de Potosí, Bolivia

By Gijs Bekenkamp
Uploaded on 19 December 2007
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Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat at 4,085 square miles.

It is located in the Potosí and Oruro departments in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes, over a thousand foot high.

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19 December 2007, jennifer bloch said:

I love salt flats - My favorite is near Trapani, but this looks Amazing. The air quality must be amazing at that altitude. Is it a lake bed?
20 December 2007, Gijs Bekenkamp said:

Yep it's a lake bed. In the rainey season there is still some water at some parts of the flat.

This place truly is amazing

Photo: Salar de Uyuni (3)

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