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View from the top of Isla de Pescado (Fish Island) across the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world.
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View from the top of Isla de Pescado (Fish Island) across the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world.
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View from the top of Isla de Pescado (Fish Island) across the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world.
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Tourists enjoy sundowners while looking out across the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Two tourists walk across the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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A tourist vehicle crosses the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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View across the great white expanse that is the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world,towards village of Coquesa and towering above it the extinct volcano,Cerro Tunupa 5432m. The lines on the slopes of Tunupa are drystone walls or pircas.
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View across the great white expanse that is the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world,towards the distant Andean peaks.
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The sun sets behind the Andes,seen from the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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The sun sets behind the Andes,seen from the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Two tourists walk across the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Two tourists walk across the endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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The endless salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Guests on the Explora Traversia of southern bolivia enjoy lunch set out on the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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View across the great white expanse that is the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world,towards the distant Andean peaks at sunset.
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View across the great white expanse that is the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world,towards the distant Andean peaks at sunset.
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At sunset a cloud is painted pink by the last rays of the sun over the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world.
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A guest sits by her tent at Explora's camp at the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Tourists on Explora's Traversia of southern Bolivia enjoy breakfast in the sun at Explora's camp at the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Tourists on Explora's Traversia of southern Bolivia enjoy breakfast in the sun at Explora's camp at the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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A tourist lies on the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,emphasising the scale of the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres. During the dry season,a web of polygonal lines of salt form when the surface layer of salt dries and cracks drawing up saltwater from beneath by capillary action.
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During the dry season,a web of polygonal lines of salt form on the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world at over 12,000 square kilometres.
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Stone cairns mark the safe entry point for vehicles onto the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world. Driving onto the salt anywhere else risks becoming bogged down to the axles.
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A vehicle drives across the crusted salt of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world.
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Llamas graze the pasture outside the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat.
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A traditional Andean dwelling built of stone,with a grass roof,sits on the southern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest saltflat in the world.
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The huts of the second camp on Explora's traversia in southern Bolivia,look north from a cactus-covered hillside towards the Salar de Uyuni
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A striking cactus,local legend says tha cacti with arms are female,and those with a single trunk are male
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A striking cactus in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve - local legend says that cacti with arms are female and those with a single trunk are male.
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Flamingos feed on the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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Flamingos feed in the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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Flamingos feed on the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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From the observation hut you can watch flamingos feed on the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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The striking turquoise waters of Laguna Verde with the perfect cone of Volcan Licancabur 5868 m rising above it. The distinctive green colour of the water is due to the high concentration of arsenic and other minerals.
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A tourist vehicle drives through surface water lying on top of the salt crust on the Salar de Coipasa
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A tourist vehicle drives through surface water lying on top of the salt crust on the Salar de Coipasa
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A tourist vehicle drives across the great expanse of salt that is the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world
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Llamas graze the pasture outside the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat.
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores, and salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti at sunset on Isla de los Pescadores and salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cactus arrow on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores, Volcan Tunupa and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cactus arrow on Isla de los Pescadores, Volcan Tunupa and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores, Volcan Tunupa and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores, Volcan Tunupa and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores, Volcan Tunupa and the salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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Cacti on Isla de los Pescadores and the salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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A tourist sits on top of a massive wind-eroded boulder that rises above the altiplano close to Laguna Turquiri
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Arbol de Piedra or Stone Tree is a massive wind-eroded boulder,8 metres high that rises above the altiplano
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Arbol de Piedra or Stone Tree is a massive wind-eroded boulder,8 metres high that rises above the altiplano
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Flamingos feed in the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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A group of tourists walk along the fringe of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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Flamingos feed on the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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Flamingos feed on the algae-rich waters of Laguna Colorada. The distinctive red colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of algae whilst deposits of borax form a white fringe to the lake. Colorada is the biggest nesting site of the rare James flamingo and also hosts large concentrations of Chilean and Andean flamingos.
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The striking turquoise waters of Laguna Verde. The distinctive green colour of this high altitude lagoon is due to the high concentration of arsenic and other minerals in the water.
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The striking turquoise waters of Laguna Verde with the perfect cone of Volcan Licancabur 5868 m rising above it. The distinctive green colour of the water is due to the high concentration of arsenic and other minerals.
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Traditional stone and adobe houses in the remote Andean settlement of Estancia Irpa on the road to Salar de Coipasa
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The skeleton of an Inca mummy lies in a cave on Cerro Tunupa overlooking the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world. In front of the mummy are ranged ceramic pots. Local people go to the cave to make offerings to Pachamama,Mother Goddess of the Earth. They place coca leaves and other gifts in the pots and at the same time smoke cocaine cigarettes.
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The skeleton of an Inca mummy lies in a cave on Cerro Tunupa overlooking the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the largest salt flat in the world. Local people go to the cave to make offerings to Pachamama,Mother Goddess of the Earth.
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The brightly painted wall of a house in the village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat.
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A carved stone condor stands on the gatepost of the main church at the small village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat. In many Andean communities the religion is a blend of Catholicism with ancient animistic beliefs.
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The whitewashed tower of the main church at the small village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat. As in many Andean churches,the tower stands apart from the main body of the church
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The main church at the small village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat. Note the carved stone condor on the gatepost. In many Andean communities the religion is a blend of Catholicism with ancient animistic beliefs.
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The main church at the small village of Tahua on the northern shore of the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest salt flat. Note the pair of carved stone condors on the gateposts. In many Andean communities the religion is a blend of Catholicism with ancient animistic beliefs.
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The village of San Pedro de Quemez looks north towards the Salar de Uyuni,the world's largest saltflat. The original village was burnt to the ground by the Chilean Army in 1879 during the Pacific War.
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A tourist looks at the Arbol de Piedra or Stone Tree,one of the rock outcrops of the so-called Rock Forest that rise above the altiplano
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Cacti, Isla Incahuasi, a unique outcrop in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni, Oruro, Bolivia, South America
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Details of the salt deposits in the Salar de Uyuni salt flat and the Andes mountains in the distance in south-western Bolivia, Bolivia, South America
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Salar de Uyuni salt flats and the Andes mountains in the distance, Bolivia, South America
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Chile,Nevados de Payachata. Flowering cactus along the shores of Lake Chungara in Lauca National Park,Northern Chile.
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Dry bushes on the side of the road near San Pedro de Atacama,Region II,Chile
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Tourists on the Explora Traversia of southern Bolivia enjoy a picnic lunch in the sunshine close to Laguna Turquiri
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Yareta,an extremely tough,green pillow-like plant that grows at altitude on the altiplano is collected by the local people and burnt for cooking and heating fuel
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Rock outcrops of the so-called Rock Forest rise above the altiplano
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Cerro Rosario,one of the volcanic Andean peaks rising above the altiplano,gets its name from the red streaks of minerals on its upper slopes.
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Isla de los Pescadores in centre, salt flats, Salar de Uyuni, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America
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The yellow flowers of wild lupins grow all around Rano Raraku volcano
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Galapagos Islands, The herbaceous plant Alternanthera spp. growing on Santiago island.
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Galapagos Islands, Lava cactus grows in the cracks of bare lava rocks on Fernandina Island.
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Galapagos Islands, Galapagos sea lions resting under a huge cactus tree at South Plaza island.
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