Situated at an elevation of roughly 3,656 metres, the Salar de Uyuni covers over 10,500 square kilometres. Several million years ago, this area was home to a huge prehistoric lake. Gradually losing their water contents, these lakes left behind an immense sheet of pristine white salt stretching all over the place. But that’s not all, as the Bolivian rains fall during the rainy season, the surface is covered in a shallow water layer which turns it into the world’s biggest natural mirror. Mountains, clouds, and even stars are seen to be reflected on it with a degree of clarity so incredible that photographers from all over the world come here just to shoot such optical phenomena. This is probably the reason why the landscape was used as the backdrop of the Hollywood film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
