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Bolivien, Alti Plano, Salar de Uyuni, aus Salzbloecken errichtetes Monument am Rande der Salzwueste, aus der Serie "SALAR", Suedamerika, Januar 2011 Engl.: Bolivia, Alti Plano, Salar de Uyuni, an unspecified monument built from salt blocks at the edge of the salt flat, from the series "SALAR", South America, January 2011, surreal, gate, lonely, landscape, sky, blue sky, salt desert, salt lake, wideness, spooky, mysterious, decayed, decay, travel, salt flat, unfinished, Andes, salt crust II In the South West of Bolivia lies the „Salar de Uyuni“, a vast salt flat at an elevation of 3, 656 meters. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. It contains 50 to 70% of the world‘s lithium reserves. Lithium, a key resource for the battery industry, is a strategic asset for the technology development. ..In Llipi Loma, close to the small village of Rio Grande, some 80 km from Uyuni, Comibol, the Bolivian comission dealing with mineral resources, is building a pilot plant, the first in Bolivia, to extract and process lithium. When driving into the salt desert from the pilot plant, one passes this mysterious monument. It is unclear when it was built as well as what the motivation for it was. Some local people say it was built to honor the goddess Pachamama, mother earth. (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Daniel Hofer)
