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PALACE OF SALT
The largest salt flat in the world is
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, measuring
4,086 square miles (10,582 km ).
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This abundance of salt has led to a hotel
constructed entirely from salt blocks.
Palacio de Sal (“Palace of Salt”) opened
in 2007 with walls, floors, ceilings,
and furniture all made from salt.

Salt
from the
oceans could
create a crust on
land taller than
the Great
Pyramid.

500 ft
(150 m)

The salt crust
would be the The Great
equivalent height Pyramid of Great Pyramid
of a 40-story Giza in Egypt was 482 ft (147 m) tall
office building. completed in 2540 bce.

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