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The answer is Salt.
The Laguna Verde and the Licancabur Volcano in Bolivia :
There is so little water in this region that the sediments and metals drained from the mountain stop in salt lakes and never make their way to the sea. The result is thoses moon-like landscapes (see also "Fayeulle" comments and pictures).
The Licancabur is a former Inca sacred mountain (there is a kind of little temple for sacrifices on the top (almost 6000 meters !).
The lake on top of the volcano is also the "highest ecosystem in the world" according to NASA (type "licancabur nasa" on google for more information).

my other pictures of this region :
here and there

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  • Copyright: Olivier Stocchi (quelquepart) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 71 W: 5 N: 90] (802)
  • Genre: Places
  • Medium: Color
  • Date Taken: 2005-07-23
  • Categories: Nature
  • Exposure: f/7.1, 1/800 seconds
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  • Photo Version: Original Version
  • Date Submitted: 2005-11-29 4:52
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