One of the most beautiful places on earth: Salar de Uyuni in the rain turns into a giant mirror

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In the southwest of Bolivia, in the foothills of the Andes, there is a unique place - Salar de Uyuni. It is the largest salt marsh in the world, with an area of ​​more than 10, 5 square kilometers. He is known because it is crossed by the main route through the Bolivian highlands, but also because this is where hatching pink flamingos.

But the whole world is talking about this unique place for another reason: during rain saline is similar to a huge mirror. It was formed after the former in this place millions of years ago, the lake because of the movements of the crust was cut off from all its sources of supply.





The result was the Andes, the lake is completely dry, and in its place formed a giant marsh. It is almost perfectly flat, as formed by the evaporation of water: elevation changes throughout its area does not exceed one meter.





When the rain comes, the entire surface of the saline water is poured to form an incredibly thin and a large mirror. It is said that at this time we can not understand where it ends and the sky begins land.













via factroom.ru