The salt earth as much as I could see was about to be pickled. If it is rainy in the rainy season, it will be "mirrored", so you can not move freely without a dry season. It took nearly a year since I ...

Before going to Bolivia, I thought that the salt flats were just one giant photo stop that you turn up to, take a few ...

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 rainy ...

The stark white salt formations are the result of the evaporation of prehistoric lakes. It is located where Lake Minchin once was 40,000 years ago. This unique ecosystem is an otherworldly experience ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Slipping on my rubber boots, I step into the big pool that has a depth of about 8cm. Standing between the never-ending sea of white, I seem to have lost my bearings. When the ripples on the pool stop ...

Who knows what awaits when St Peter lets us through those pearly gates. But perhaps influenced by the odd film or two, this is the sort of view of heaven many will have in mind. It’s almost impossible ...

When a thin sheet of water collects on salt deposits, the landscape is nothing short of a marvel. Paradise on earth, Salar de Uyuni, is the world’s largest salt flat and a result of several geological ...