Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Hotel

Inside the hotel everything is made of salt bricks.
Dale Baskin Photography > Guitar and Salt - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Flat Reflection

A thin layer of water on top of the salt flat provides a mirror-like reflection all the way to the horizon.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salar de Uyuni - Tourist Destination

The Salar de Uyuni is a popular tourist destination for travelers from around the world as seen by these flags.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Hotel

The building in this photo is a hotel made entirely of salt. The salt flat is several meters deep, and locals cut blocks from it for use in construction. Entire buildings are routinely built from salt bricks.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

There are very few visual references to help the brain, resulting in strange scenes and optical illusions.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Mounds - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

These mounds are piles of drying salt. Underneath them sits the 10,000 square km Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. At at altitude of 3,600 m (11,800 ft), the Salar is the remnant of an ancient inland sea.

During the wet season a thin layer of water covers the flat, causing reflections and optical illusions.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Mounds - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

These mounds are piles of drying salt. Underneath them sits the 10,000 square km Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat. At at altitude of 3,600 m (11,800 ft), the Salar is the remnant of an ancient inland sea.

During the wet season a thin layer of water covers the flat, causing reflections and optical illusions.
Dale Baskin Photography > Got Salt?

Dale standing atop 10,000 square km of salt!
Salt Hotel

Inside the hotel everything is made of salt bricks.
Dale Baskin Photography > Salt Hotel

Inside the hotel everything is made of salt bricks.
Salt Hotel

Inside the hotel everything is made of salt bricks.
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