Salt cones at sunset
by James Brunker
Title
Salt cones at sunset
Artist
James Brunker
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Salar de Uyuni in south west Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat, covering 10,582 square km / 4,086 square miles. Its huge size, the thin dry air at high altitude (3656m / 12,000ft) can make for some surreal sunsets, sunrises and atmospheric effects. This image clearly shows the Earth's shadow (deep blue above horizon), the pink band above it is known as the Belt of Venus or Venus's Girdle.
These salt cones are near Colchani village on the shore of the Salar and have been made by the villagers. They are left there for several days in the strong sun so the salt dries out; later they will be collected in trucks and taken to the village to be processed and finally sold as cooking salt throughout Bolivia.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, transmission or use in any form (print, website, uploading to social media sites, Pinterest etc) without prior written permission strictly prohibited.
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July 30th, 2010
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