This is Earth?

Salar de Uyuni (the great salt desert of Bolivia) is like no place I could ever have imagined.

This fairly thin crust of salt sits above a salt water lake that is up to 20 meters deep. You can turn around in a circle and only see blue skies and white salt for miles and miles, but the desert is also home to islands (with 1000-yr old cactii), fresh water lagoons and beautiful jade flamingos.