Salar De Uyuni - A salt desert
Salar de uyuni is a place where sky and land seems to merge. With bright white salt flat, expansive, without doubts one of the most remarkable sights on the continent. Nature surely knows how to amaze and does it in spades with salar de uyuni. The Vastness of this stunning space is truly mesmerising to see! Your eyes can just capture the bare bright salt lake but your heart see the true nature behind this bright broad lake. The Remoteness bring beautiful clear skies with the constellations clearly visible due to lack of light pollution. Over the 10,000 square kilometers, it contains about 10 billion tons of salt which 25000 tons are extracted annually. Salar de uyuni is considered one of the most extreme and remarkable vistas in South America. It is one of the world largest salt flat, left behind by prehistoric lakes evaporated long ago.
History Behind the Salar de uyuni
About 40,000 years ago, Salar de uyuni was covered by lake Minchin. As there were no drainage facilities, all the water from the surroundings mountains gathered here. Later this lake has been transformed into smaller lakes known as Paleo lake and many other lakes. As there were rise in temperature with the change in climate it caused the water to evaporated from the wet to dry. due to the evaporatio of water, high salinity levels caused a thick salt rust to from and left behind the salt flat land. The Water underneath the salt flat continues to evaporate under the sun. Due to the science behind the land that the arte of evaporation is ten times more than pecipitation which means that Salar de uyuni will be given salt science.
Capture these moments in Salar de uyuni
1) Largest mirror on the earth :
The Salar De uyuni is the world's largest salt flat and its considered to be one of the most extreme and remarkable vistas, and the vast expanses and relative lack of landmarks lends itself to play with perspective in a unique way. By touring Salar de uyuni, you will have more time to explore the area and salt flats. During the rainy season a combination of increased rainfall, where the sky is magnificently reflected. Every year, this incredible landscape is covered with a thin layer of water. When that happens, it turns into the largest mirror on the planet and the results are mesmerizing.
2) Enjoy the pinch of salts:
Truely unique in the world, the salt flats are the kind of place that photos dont do justice. You've got to see the Salar de uyuni in person is to be truely wowed. This massive island is covered in attractive caches and sits in the middle of 10.58 km square. When making your way to the top, you will be having an amazing 360°
view of your surrounding and you will hardly believe what you see. The Salar de uyuni salt flats are massive! All you see on the uyuni salt flats are honey comb connected to each other. The Formation is unbelievable and is just amazing to see through.
Hotels around Salar de uyuni :
You think money spent on a home is waste, you've lived too much in hotels but never the best hotels, of course second rate hotels in it and yet you want a home you'll be proud of having this shabby place, you will love it! All these hotels that are gonna be mentioned below can make your trip both comfortable and luxurious you will be thinking about the day after where to stay and here is the answer to your big question mark.
- Hotel De Sal luna salada.
- Tonito hotel.
- Hotel Kachi.
- Hotel Jumari
- Hotel La Magia de uyuni.
Facts at a corner :
- Measuring at 10,582 km, Salar de uyuni is the biggest salt flat in the world.
- It was believed that Salar de uyuni was completely flat but later some small undulations were discovered on the surface.
- Salar de uyuni is also known as Salar de Tunupa which can be translated from spanish as "Salt flat enclosure".
- Salar de uyuni is covered in clear water, making the salt flat the largest natural mirror
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