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Scenery in the Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia, located at an altitude between 4,200 m (13,800 ft) and 5,400 m. The area has intense volcanic activity with a sulphur springs field, a mud lake and steam pools with boiling mud. The major mud lakes are located at 4850 m.
James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) is also known as the Puna Flamingo.
Laguna Colorada is the red lake (caused by the pigmentation of some algae) with white borax islands. Flamingoes are feeding on it (in the distance!).
The Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq miles) and at an elevation of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above sea level. It's like a giant jigsaw: an endless sheet of hexagonal tiles (created by the crystalline nature of the salt), dotted with pyramids of salt stretching as far as the eye can see. The Salar de Uyuni contains 50 to 70% of the world's lithium reserves.
Sol de Mañana, (Morning Sun), is a geothermal field in the Sur Lípez Province in the Potosi Department of south-western Bolivia. It extends over 10 km², between 4800m and 5000m height. The area is peppered with bubbling pools of different coloured water.
And if you'd like to see Nicola Philippi's video of my trip to Bolivia and Brazil please click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjNtVMN5q4&list=UUjO2CsMrL0LKaO_RwrwXcDA
James's Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) is also known as the Puna Flamingo.
Laguna Colorada is the red lake (caused by the pigmentation of some algae) with white borax islands. Flamingoes are feeding on it (in the distance!).
The Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq miles) and at an elevation of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above sea level. It's like a giant jigsaw: an endless sheet of hexagonal tiles (created by the crystalline nature of the salt), dotted with pyramids of salt stretching as far as the eye can see. The Salar de Uyuni contains 50 to 70% of the world's lithium reserves.
Sol de Mañana, (Morning Sun), is a geothermal field in the Sur Lípez Province in the Potosi Department of south-western Bolivia. It extends over 10 km², between 4800m and 5000m height. The area is peppered with bubbling pools of different coloured water.
And if you'd like to see Nicola Philippi's video of my trip to Bolivia and Brazil please click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjNtVMN5q4&list=UUjO2CsMrL0LKaO_RwrwXcDA