a large pile of dirt sitting in the middle of a desert

Salinas Grandes salt mine in Argentina, an expansive and stark landscape dominated by white salt flats. In the foreground, there are large mounds of harvested salt, neatly piled against the flat, white expanse. Industrial machinery and equipment can be seen in the background, used for the extraction and processing of the salt. A conveyor belt system is prominently visible, indicative of the mechanized nature of the mining operations.