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Formation of ‘’Salar de Uyuni’’ Did you know that the film Star Wars ''

the Ultimate Jedi "was filmed in the


THE LARGEST The area that today occupies this desert was
covered 40 000 years ago by Lake Minchin
Salar de Uyuni?
SALT FLAT IN THE and then, 11 000 years ago, by Lake Tauca.
The Coipasa salt flat and the Poopó and Uru
WORLD Uru lakes are also vestiges of these great
prehistoric lakes. These reached a height of
around 100 m above the current level of the
Salar, and covered the current Salares de
Uyuni and Coipasa, and the Poopo and Uru
Uru lakes. In this period a wet climate phase,
with more rains than at present, raised the
level of the protolagos to approximately 100
m higher than the current level,

You can take amazing fotographs like this The surprising movie was filmed at the uyuni
salar in august 2017, it was all a success

DAKAR 2014 UYUNI-BOLIVIA

The largest salt flat in the world has


enormous riches that lithium just below
its surface. It is estimated that between
50% and 70% of the planet's lithium
reserves are buried beneath this
photogenic landscape, which has the
potential to completely revolutionize
Bolivia's economy

Since the most famous rally in the world


treads Bolivian territory in 2014, he has kept
his appointment with this immense white
plain surrounded by mountains, which has
not been missing for a year since

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