Wisdom: The field of Bolivia, which is called the mirror of the world

There is a salt field spread over about eleven thousand square kilometers in the south of Bolivia. It is called the mirror of the world. This white field is completely flat. Because of the salt, you will not find any grass or greens, or trees in it. Just a very strong salty wind and the night sky as clear as if the stars were shining overhead.

Somewhat below this salt layer are the largest lithium deposits in the world. This is what makes the batteries that are used in your mobile phone or electric vehicles. On this route of the Atacama desert, you will find many small lakes on the road leading to the Bolivia-Chile border, which is considered to be the highest border in the world. Where flamingos with long legs decorated with pink colors are swimming.

These flamingos do not fly until the sun rises in the morning. Because the night is cold, the surface of the lake freezes and they get stuck in it. When the sun rises, the surface of the upper water softens, then they begin to fly. Our youth are also so engrossed in these digital screens powered by lithium batteries day and night that they do not remember that there is a world outside the screen as well. They also do not come out of their lakes until the sun warms them.