How "big" a desert can be?

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Luis Salalá
Graduate School of Environmental Studies - Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

As humans, you always comparte the dimension of things according to your context and experience. When you read that Uyuni Salt Desert has almost 13000 km², you do not think it is too big. But, it that has the half of your mother country, you double-check the numbers again. In the picture, part of Uyuni Salt Desert captured from Coqueza village, in Bolivia.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 10.7 MB Width 6000 px Height 4000 px Aspect 3:2 Brand Nikon Model D3300 Exposure 18 mm f/13 1/800 s ISO 200 Taken 25 November 2018 Coordinates -19.8925, -67.6299 Tint Strong purplish blue Submitted 31 March 2021

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