!!!Salar de Uyuni
Photos by [Max Guzovsky|http://www.airpano.ru/gallery.php?gallery=280] and
[Oleg Gapoyuk|http://www.airpano.ru/photogalleries.php],
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

28 November 2018

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

The world's largest salt flat is located in Bolivia, at an elevation of
3,650 meters above sea level and is a part of a desert plateau, the
Altiplano.

Around 40,000 years ago, this area was a giant prehistoric basin lake,
Lake Minchin. The arid environment caused a continuous evaporation and,
as a result, an increasing salt concentration. When the water had
completely gone, the area of around 10,000 square kilometres turned out
to be covered with a 2 to 8 meters thick salt layer!

[{Image src='01_Salar.jpg' caption='Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='516'}]

During the wet season, the surface of the salt pan accumulates the
water, so that Salar de Uyuni becomes the largest mirror in the world.
But the landscapes of Salar de Uyuni can amaze in any season of the
year: the endless salt desert together with its cactus-covered islands,
the surrounding active volcanoes and geysers seems to be
extraterrestrial.

AirPano team has planned for some time to create a complete virtual tour
and a 360° video dedicated to this famous salt pan. Until then, we will
reveal a small story of how violent the storms in this region can be.
The strongest wind lifts the salt together with the externally induced
ground so that this colourful mixture moves around the area. Such a
sinister and breathtaking scene!

[{Image src='02_Salar.jpg' caption='Storm above Salar de Uyuni\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='600'}]

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[4 panoramas of Salar de Uyuni|Geography/America/Bolivia/Pictures/Panoramas_of_Salar_de_Uyuni]

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