The salar, or salt flat is fed by snow melt from the Andes which cannot drain from the basin, rather the water evaporates leaving a large crust of saline minerals, looking much like a coral reef. The Atacama Salt Flat contains several small lakes, including the Laguna Chaxa, home to flocks of flamingos.
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| View from the road from San Pedro to the salt flats |
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| Licancabur volcano at 5,900 metres |
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| The crusty layer of salt from evaporated water |
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| The Andes overlooks the salt flats |
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| Visitors make their way over the salt flat |
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| Lake Chaxa |
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| The sun starts to set on the salt flat |
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| A bird stands in the shallows of Lake Chaxa |
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| The light starts to fade as a flamingo feeds at the water's edge |
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| Lake Chaxa turns red at sunset |
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| Final rays of light over the lake |
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