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Tuesday 31 July 2012

THE BREATHTAKING REFLECTIVE BEAUTY OF SALAR DE UYUNI, THE WORLD’S LARGEST SALT FLAT AND LARGEST NATURAL MIRROR


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Bolivian Salt Flat Creates Amazing Walking on Water Illusion
By Pinar,
My Modern Met, 23 July 2012.

Located at 11,995 feet above sea level, Salar de Uyuni is a mystifying salt flat in Altiplano, Bolivia that has a reflective nature when covered with water. The briny layer of land, created through the rainy season, transforms the otherwise plated pockets of dry salt into a giant mirror, giving the illusion of walking on water. Though the salty desert is quite beautiful when left alone, the introduction of water leads to an unbelievably surreal result. It is especially exquisite on cloudy days where it looks as though visitors are taking a stroll in the sky.

The miraculous metamorphosis of the 4,086 square mile expanse of salted terrain, which happens to be the largest salt flat on earth, is all at once mind-boggling and breathtaking. There's an inexplicable beauty to the infinite presence of a blue sky filled with puffy, white clouds. Travellers find it hard to shy away from documenting the remarkable and heavenly scene, choosing to feign a balancing act, jump for joy, or skate across the lustrous surface that mimics a sheet of ice.

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Top image: Panoramic view of Salar de Uyuni. Source: top image, bottom image.

[Source: My Modern Met. Edited. Top image and information links added.]

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