Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat in Bolivia. It’s not just big; it’s also full of natural wonders. Underneath its surface, there’s 11.2 million tons of lithium.

Salar de Uyuni likely contains the lion's share of the resource — 11.2 million tons (10.2 million metric tons), or about 38% of the world's known lithium supplies, according to a 2012 study.

THIS eerily beautiful place is Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. It lies at the crest of the Bolivian Andes and covers over 10,000 square kilometres.

The Salar de Uyuni desert is famous for its gleaming surface waters and hexagonal salt crust patterns, but below this otherworldly landscape lie about 11 million tons of highly sought-after lithium.