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The salt flat with curious curves

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Mapping one of the flattest parts of the planet will help satellite calibration.

A precise topographical map has been made of one of the flattest places on Earth: the salar de Uyuni, a vast plain of white cemented salt in the mountains of Bolivia. The ground survey, aided by global positioning systems (GPS), shows variations in elevation of less than a metre across an area almost half the size of Wales.

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  1. Borsa, A. A. et al. Geophys. J. Intl doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03604.x (2007)

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Hand, E. The salt flat with curious curves. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.315

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