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Salt mounds in Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, the world's largest salt flat. It is the remnant of a prehistoric lake surrounded by mountains without drainage outlets. Salt is harvested in the traditional method: the salt is scraped into small mounds for water evaporation and easier transportation, dried over fire, and finally enriched with iodine.Photo credit: Luca Galuzzi