Is This Remote Desert Actually the World’s Largest Mirror?
The biggest salt flat on Earth is considered by many to be the world’s largest natural mirror. A team of scientists wondered if that’s actually true, and the answer is—sort of. Even if you don’t know the Salar de Uyuni by name, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a photo of it. Tourists flock to this massive salt flat in Bolivia to snap pictures of its mirror-like surface, only visible when covered with a thin layer of water. Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt desert, and for years, peop