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Briny flats, spiny isle

Isla Incahuasi, a volcano island in Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a 4,086-sq-mile salt flat.

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Fire on high

Cotopaxi, 19,347ft, Ecuador's 2nd-highest summit, active volcano near the equator, 3,966 miles from Earth's core.

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A well-salted wildland

A 100-mile-long, low-traffic salt flat in the Andes, bounded by petrified cyanobacteria formations.

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Of condors and contrasts

Mountain resembling condor with brown granite peaks contrasted with teal "black lake" and yellow grasses.

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A well-earned view

Trek to Peruvian peak Ausangate, 43 miles of 12,000-17,000ft elevation with few visitors near Cusco, unlike Vinicunca and Machu Picchu.

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