Moises Chambi needs only two tools to survive on the world's
largest salt flat: a wooden-handled pickax and a shovel beaten
into a worn fold. The 23-year-old with sun-darkened skin,
prominent cheekbones, and a quick, sarcastic smile grunts softly
as he repeatedly slams his ax into the parched earth of
Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni. As the sun sinks behind mountains
floating over the unbroken white plain, he shovels gleaming
chunks of salt into... More >>>