Therefore, vehicles aren't allowed to the area. E.In winter and spring, the flat is covered with water, which makes salt crust softer and particularly vulnerable. Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.Book Review: The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune August 18, 2021.Book Review: The Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes September 1, 2021.TV Review: Castlevania, Season 4 September 8, 2021.TV Review: The Witcher: The Nightmare of the Wolf September 15, 2021. Movie Review: Amazon’s Cinderella September 29, 2021.Book Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld October 6, 2021.TV Review: Loki, Season 1 October 13, 2021.Shepherd: A New Way to Find Great Books June 21, 2022.Stonebearer’s Redemption is here! December 7, 2022.Get my free fantasy novelette! Recent Posts Now I totally want to create a story that has a salt flat… so cool. Hidden within the vast expanses of these salt flats are technicolor lagoons, gushing hot springs, and surreal deserts. It’s also bitterly cold in the winter, dropping as low as -4F (-20C).īecause it’s as beautiful as it is alien, it has become a highlighted tourist stop for those traveling in Bolivia. The altitude is so high in fact, at 11,800 ft, that it’s recommended for travelers to acclimate in La Paz for a few days before visiting. Salar de Uyuni is part of the Altiplano (literally translates to ‘high plain’) of Bolivia and originated from the prehistoric lakes Lake Minchin and later Paleo Lake Tauca. This cycle of filling and drying left behind a meters thick even layer of salts that are distributed so evenly that NASA uses them to calibrate the altimeters of Earth observation satellites. In Utah, that prehistoric lake was Lake Bonneville and it used to cover over half of Utah. Salt flats are formed where prehistoric lake beds have filled and dried millions of times over the course of eons. Me, being a complete dork on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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