Salar de Talar

Salar de Talar[note 1] is a 46 square kilometres[1] salt flat located in the high puna of northern Chilean Andes, at an altitude of 3,950 m.[1] It is part of a series of salt lakes and salt flats located at the foothills of a chain of volcanoes stretching along the eastern side of the much greater Salar de Atacama.

[1] It was once filled by a 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi) large lake connected to Salar Purisunchi.

This latter is a mountain with striking shades of grey and brown, which contrast nicely with the sparkling white of the salt flat's surface.

An important lava flow from the Caichinque volcanic complex formed two lobes which advanced into Salar de Talar.

[1] Salar de Talar is a part of the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion, which in this zone is characterized by tussock grass vegetation.