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How dead flamingos help guide salt-flat drivers

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GPS is entirely useless when you are driving across 4,000 square miles of featureless white crust. In Bolivia's legendary salt flats, magnetic interference scrambles digital maps, forcing seasoned expedition drivers to navigate using distant mountain peaks, localized salt ridges, and the mummified remains of unfortunate flamingos.

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