The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.

Some places on Earth seem to completely defy the laws of physics! Take the Devil’s Kettle waterfall in Minnesota, where half ...

Speaking of Uyuni salt lake, it is famous for "mirrors" where water collects on the surface of the lake and reflects the sky in the rainy season, but including the road from Japan to Uyuni, the ...

Salt flats form in places where rainfall is scarce and there’s a lot of evaporation (SN: 12/5/07). Groundwater seeping up to the surface evaporates, leaving a crust of salts and other minerals ...

Traveling to Salar de Uyuni requires passing through some of Bolivia’s most outstanding scenery. The town of Uyuni, often considered the gateway to the salt flats, is the starting point for most ...