US EditionBolivia’s Enormous Salt Flat May Not Be World’s Largest Natural Mirror
Researchers analyzed over 390,000 radar measurements and found the mirror effect peaks after heavy rainfall, varying seasonally and not uniform across the salt flat’s 10,000 square kilometers.
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Scientists Uncover the Truth Behind the World’s Largest Natural Mirror in Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Credit: Ximena Medina Sancho / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, known for its vast reflective surface, has long captivated tourists and photographers, earning it the nickname ‘the world’s largest natural mirror.’ But until recently, there was little scientific evidence to support the claim that the massive salt flat truly acts like a mirror—especially under satellite observation. A study publ…
The largest flat salt in the world is Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, a popular tourist attraction because of its superb mirror-shaped surface when it is covered with a thin layer of water. Although considered by many as the "greatest natural mirror in the world", this claim had not been scientifically verified. [...]
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