San Pedro de Atacama - Salt, Steam and Volcanos - Sal, vapor y Volcanes
June 11th 2011 The nearby salt flat (see first photo) may not be the biggest surface area of salt in the world but as the deposit is 1-1.5km thick it probably contains the most salt in the world. The Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world with some villages only getting rain about every 70 years. Consequently the surface of the salt flat is very rough (see second photo) as the salt flat never has any
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