World's largest salt lake known as Salar de Uyuni (Uyuni salt flat) is a visually captivating place, one of the most stunningly beautiful places you will ever come across in Bolivia and South America.
A surreal vision in the Bolivian Altiplano created by amazing geological formations, geothermal springs and brine lakes.
Covering an area of over 10,000 square km. in the departmentes of Oruro and Potosi (SW Bolivia), Salar de Uyuni is estimated to have a reserve of 10 billion tons of salt.
Some 40,000 years ago the region was covered by the giant salt lake Minchin. At some point the lake dried, leaving behind two small lakes (Poopó and Uri Uri) plus two salt lakes: Coipasa and Uyuni.
The salar of Uyuni
The salar of Uyuni
The salar of Uyuni
The salar of Uyuni
The salar of Uyuni
The salar of Uyuni
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