8,000 ft. double what we have at Bonneville, and some of it looks real
rough. There is a town nearby, but not sure how far.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 1:12 PM
Subject: Another Salt Flat
> List;
>
> When I was down in Chile some time ago, I visited some places in the
> northern part of the country around the edge of the Atacama Desert-- the
> driest place on earth-- and heard about a big salt flat called "Salar de
> Atacama". It is a very big area and from what I've seen in a few photos,
> part of it looks like part of it might be suitable for LSR attempts.
>
> See: http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/mathias/pictures/chile032.jpg
>
> Has anyone ever heard of any LSR attempts in Chile or of anyone who has
> scouted this area for racing?
>
> Chile is a nice country and it's somewhat closer than Lake Gardiner (sp?).
> Some of the Salar brine lakes are inhabited by flamingos-- a whole
different
> place, that's for sure.
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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