The world’s largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni in Southwestern Bolivia, is one of the most exotic place sceneries on earth. Due to its large size, smooth surface, high surface reflectivity when covered with shallow water, and minimal elevation deviation, Salar de Uyuni makes an ideal target for the testing and calibration of remote sensing instruments on orbiting satellites used to study the Earth. In addition to providing an excellent target surface the skies above Salar de Uyuni are so clear, and the air so dry, that the surface works up to five times better for satellite calibration than using the surface of the ocean.
There is an estimated 10 billion tons of salt in the flats, 25 times the amount in the Bonneville Salt flats in Utah in the United States. The Salar de Uyuni, a sea of salt, a salt desert, was once an inland sea, or giantsalt water lake, but the water vanished into the thin dry air of Andean altitude. All that remains is the salt, tens of meters thick, lying stark beneath bright sky: a sun-bleached skeleton of a dead sea.
Popular Posts
-
happy birthday clip art Good Reasons You Should Use magician and witch -happy birthday A kids clip art with Happy 60th Birthday Happy 60th B...
-
[Update: Screenshots Added] Microsoft Brings Mac Support For KIN Basic Mac support is already available for the Razer Orochi, Razer Mamba an...
-
it's a 18-karat yellow gold Hello Kitty Diamond Ring. Look at this gold ring with black diamonds of Hello Kitty how nice ! hello-kitty-...
-
Beanies For Women BEANIE (STONE) : women's Women's Faux Pas Beanie Beanies For Women Beanies For Women STYLE SPOTLIGHT: BEANIES inh...
-
zebra backgrounds for facebook Zebra Print Layouts For Facebook. Lightning facebook way claims any 2.0 Zebra Myspace Layouts Girls. Facebook...
-
Cool And Trendy Tattoo Designs For Men Tattoos have become the most sought-after styling quotient in the recent times. With ...
-
Sunrise (Studio), Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Lockon Stratos Wallpaper Sunrise (Studio), Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Wallpaper Rule 34 hits Gundam 00. ...
-
natalie portman your highness Natalie Portman in “Your Highness” Movie Trailer Natalie Portman Your Highness Youtube. May watched black swan...
-
chelsea staub short hair back view short hair back view. anythingdisney: Chelsea Staub Disneyland Meeting Chelsea Staub We are obsessed wit...