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Could This Remote Desert Be the World's Largest Mirror?

Originally Published 3 months ago — by Gizmodo

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A recent study using satellite data reveals that Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat in Bolivia, is not a uniform mirror at radar wavelengths and its mirror-like appearance depends on specific weather conditions, particularly after heavy rainfall, making it a spectacular but not consistently the world's largest natural mirror.