This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Cédric Gerbehaye to Bolivia, where the world’s largest salt flat covers one of the biggest deposits of lithium ...
As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia ... salt flat, the much more lucrative lithium is dissolved in brine found deep underground. This story appears in the February 2019 issue of ...
An curved arrow pointing right. At a staggering 4,086 square miles, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the biggest salt flat in the world. During the rainy season, it essentially turns into a giant mirror.