Sunset over the Salar

BOLIVIA: Walking on water...Sunset over the Salar

May 8th 2016
Following the Dakar Rally Part 3: Walking on water...Sunset over the Salar. In the legend Volcan Thunupa began to cry white milky tears that flooded the plain and formed the Uyuni salt flats when they dried. That was eons ago. Thunupa was laughing as we awoke at 7 a.m...laughing so hard its tears were falling as rain...lightning flashing around us...our ascent of Thunupa looking particularly bl ... read more

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more

8th May 2016

gangopa
tab gangopadhyay

Amazing photos!
I agree, your 18mm would have done more havoc than what you already have done. Excellent photos...voted many of them! Isn't salt eat the vehicles? That's one of our problem in the winter here. Looking forward more to come.

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Amazing photos!
You have a good eye Tab. Some of the darker photos when enlarged are spectacular. This one was to the East. Denise's iphone shots usually falter in low light but that her's were so spectacular indicates how much light was reflected off the mirror surface of the flooded Salar. Salt affects vehicles on the coast in Sydney carried by onshore breezes. Vehicles that enter the Salar in Bolivia one can only imagine is a recipe for a short life!

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