Photo: Crust of the Salar de Uyuni



Salar de Uyuni, originally uploaded by lorien.

The ground on the salt flats of the Uyuni in Bolivia is just a comparatively thin layer of earth crust over water. Gas emissions break through the salty crust and create these shapes which stretch out far into the horizon.

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