As the Salar dries, four wheel drive vehicles begin to make their way across the crystalline floor. Edge villages like Tahua, Coquesa and Jirira serve as entrance ramps for the salt route to Uyuni. But all it takes is one good storm, a few hours of hard rainfall to flood the flats once more. So towards the end of the rainy season the flats flood and dry and flood again, leaving tire tracks and puzzling patterns to form at the Salar's edge. This photograph was taken in the evening, but on the same morning this area was completely underwater. So even if you stay in the same place, it's likely that-- in the rainy season-- it will be different each time you go.
Coquesa, Bolivia