Envision yourself in a calming, untainted place where the sky and earth meet on an infinite horizon, the air is thick with peace, and the ground shiny. This setting is not from a fantasy story. It is ...

Why it's incredible: The salt flat is the largest on Earth and contains a huge chunk of the world's lithium. Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt desert on Earth, stretching roughly 4,000 square miles ...

SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — In the southwestern corner of Bolivia, about an hour’s flight from La Paz, the blinding white Salar de Uyuni salt flat stretches for more than 4,500 square miles. There is no ...

The salt flats of Uyuni have triggered international interest among energy companies due to its lithium reserves, and Bolivia hopes the metal could power a green revolution when electric cars reach ...

The landlocked (and usually overlooked) country of Bolivia in South America is home to the largest salt flats in the world, visible by astronauts in space. The Salar de Uyuni is 25 times larger than ...

Nevada's Black Rock Desert, home to the Burning Man festival, has nothing on Bolivia, especially its surreal southwestern corner. The highlights of the isolated region are extreme geographic ...

Rising from the endless white expanse of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia’s Salt Sculpture Park offers a striking visual contrast to ...

Editor’s Note: Anna Mazurek has been traveling the world and working (as an English teacher, photographer, bartender — whatever keeps her moving) as she goes since 2008. She has visited 43 countries ...