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The World’s Largest Salt Flat: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia - April 13th, 2009 Close-up The Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 km² (4,085 square miles). It is located in the Potosí and Oruro...
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Lakes and Salt Flats in Peru and Bolivia
Chile, Bolivia and Peru - August 24th, 2009 The dark blue waters of Lake Titicaca, shared by Peru and Bolivia contrast with the bright white salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia near the border...
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From Salt Deserts to Agriculture: Southwestern Bolivia and Northwestern...
Bolivia - August 25th, 2009 Moving from west to east, Bolivia’s landscape changes from arid, high altitude desert, to the ridges of the Andes, to low, flat plains. The desert area, near the border with...
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Salar de Uyuni and Salar de Coipasa, Bolivia and Chile
Bolivia - January 5th, 2010 While clouds dot the skies over and around the Andes Mountains and above the Pacific Ocean, the white areas in the center of this image focusing on Bolivia and Chile are two...
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Salt Flats and Atacama Desert, Bolivia and Chile
Chile and Bolivia - February 12th, 2010 The Salar de Uyuni (larger) and the Salar de Coipasa (smaller) stand out as bright reflective white areas in the center of the upper half of this image. The...
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Lake Poopó and Salt Flats in Bolivia – July 30th, 2010
Bolivia - April 16th, 2010 The large white expanses in the center of this image are two salt flats in Bolivia: the Salar de Uyuni and the Salar de Coipasa. North of the former is the greenish Lake...
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Smoke Fires Bolivia from Manaus to Mar Chiquita
Smoke from Fires in Bolivia - August 26th, 2010 The skies over huge expanses of land in South America continue to be choked by smoke from fires blazing in Bolivia. The thumbnail image focuses on the...
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After Rain Provides Brief Relief, Fires Return to Bolivia
Smoke from Fires in Bolivia - September 10th, 2010 Although in early September rain had put out many of the fires that had been burning in Bolivia, by the end of the first week of the month the...
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Smoke from Fires in South America Thickens
Smoke from Fires in Bolivia and Brazil - September 17th, 2010 Smoke from fires burning in Bolivia continues to cover large areas of South America, particularly in Bolivia and Brazil, with a greyish...
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Lakes and Salt Flats in Bolivia and Argentina
Argentina - September 14th, 2010 Several large expanses of bright white salt flats can be observed in this image focusing on Bolivia and Argentina. The Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia, is visible in the...
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Andes Mountains Dividing High Arid Terrain from Low Vegetated Plains, South...
Argentina - November 5th, 2010 The Andes Mountains run down the center of this image of Bolivia (above), Chile (lower left) and Argentina (lower right), neatly dividing the lower, more fertile terrain...
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Salar de Uyuni to the Andes Mountains, Bolivia – February 9th, 2011
Bolivia - January 15th, 2011 Salar de Uyuni covers 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi) of terrain in the Bolivian departments of Potosí and Oruro, making it the world’s largest salt flat. It is...
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Lake Poopó and Salt Flats in Bolivia – May 8th, 2011
Bolivia - May 1st, 2011 Lake Poopó is a large saline lake located in a shallow depression in the Altiplano Mountains in Bolivia. Here, sediments in the long, wide lake cause its waters to change in...
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Lakes Titicaca and Poopó Near Salar de Uyuni, South America
Peru, Bolivia, Chile - August 12th, 2011 The large, dark blue body of water in the upper part of this image of South America is Lake Titicaca, shared by Peru and Bolivia. To the southeast of the lake...
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Lake Titicaca in the Altiplano Basin, Peru and Bolivia
South America - August 15th, 2011 The large, dark blue body of water standing out against the brown altiplano on the Peru-Bolivia border near the center of this image is Lake Titicaca. It sits 3,811 m...
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Lake Titicaca and Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia and Peru
Bolivia and Peru - August 18th, 2011 Located between Bolivia and Peru, Lake Titicaca is situated at a very high altitude, at over 3800 meters above sea level. Here, its deep waters appear almost black...
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Salt Crust of the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Bolivia - April 14th, 2012 The large white expanse in the lower part of this image of Bolivia is the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world. It has a surface area of 10,582 square...
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Salar de Uyuni and Neighboring Lakes, Bolivia
Bolivia - May 8th, 2012 The vast Salar de Uyuni appears as a bright white expanse on the Bolivian Altiplano, near the border with Chile. It is the world’s largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers...
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Vivid Colors of Lake Poopó and the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia – May 29th, 2012
Bolivia - May 28th, 2012 Visible north of the immaculate white salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni is a brightly colored green and brown body of water: Lake Poopó. It a large saline lake located in a...
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Bright Colors of Bolivia’s Geographical Features – June 18th, 2012
Bolivia - June 5th, 2012 Features of Bolivia’s landscape show a diversity of colors: the navy blue of Lake Titicaca, the bright white of the salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni, and the intense green and...
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