Driving across the World's largest salt flat, Bolivia

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Driving across Salar de Uyuni reveals the scale and flatness of the world’s largest salt crust, formed from the evaporation of Pleistocene lakes. Bolivian Altiplano, South America.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 11.7 MB Width 5553 px Height 3702 px Aspect 3:2 Brand Canon Model EOS 5D Mark II Exposure 24 mm f/18 1/640 s ISO 800 Software Lightroom, Photoshop Taken 22 December 2013 Coordinates -20.2666, -67.6206 Tint Purplish white Submitted 2 April 2026

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