Is This Remote Desert Actually the World’s Largest Mirror?

Even if you don’t know the Salar de Uyuni by name, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a photo of it. Tourists flock to this massive salt flat in Bolivia to snap pictures of its mirror-like surface, only visible when covered with a thin layer of water.

Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt desert, and for years, people have assumed it’s also the world’s largest natural mirror. I mean, check it out for yourself—you’ll see what I mean in the…