NZ Herald reports: Bolivia: The white city shines In the first half of my Bolivian adventure we traversed all the sights of La Paz, and acclimatised to the 3500 metres induced altitude, caught a Bolivian Airlines jet to the fast-growing town of Uyuni, took a four wheel drive onto the Salar salt flats for lunch,…
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Bolivian salt flats provide infinite backdrop for ethereal light tube photos
Angela Nelson reports for Mother Nature Network: Bolivian salt flats provide infinite backdrop for ethereal light tube photos Photographer Eric Paré and dancer Kim Henry visit Salar de Uyuni for their latest light-painting project. Photographer Eric Paré and contemporary dancer Kim Henry have traveled the world looking for the perfect backdrops for their trademark light…
Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer
Al-Jazeera reports: Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer A salt gatherer becomes a link to the old world when Bolivia embarks on a plan to mine lithium from the Uyuni salt flat. Moises Chambi Yucra is one of the last remaining salt gatherers in the world’s largest salt flats of Salar de Uyuni…
Uyuni Salt Flats: Bolivia should industrialize magnesium and then lithium! current gov fails bit time!
World of Electric Vehicles reports: Expert warns Bolivia will not enter the new global energy mix with lithium In a recent interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, Bolivian lithium expert, Juan Carlos Zuleta, warned that Bolivia will not be part of the new global energy mix with lithium because it has not been able…
Surrounded by stars: Mesmerizing Milky Way mirrored in Bolivia’s salt flats (PHOTOS)
From Russian photographer Daniel Kordan in RT.com: Surrounded by stars: Mesmerizing Milky Way mirrored in Bolivia’s salt flats (PHOTOS) Russian photographer Daniel Kordan experienced “space on Earth” while capturing these stunningly ethereal images of the Milky Way surrounding him on the world’s largest salt flats in South America. The site of a dried up prehistoric lake,…
Bolivia: The wild, weird and unadulterated country no one talks about
Ben Groundwater writes for Stuff Destinations: Bolivia: The wild, weird and unadulterated country no one talks about [to watch this video, please use the link down below] Make sure you get a window seat. Because as amazing as Bolivia is, as exciting and exotic and strange as…
