A dust devil swirls across Laguna Colorada in Bolivia (© Dordo Brnobic/Corbis)

【January 4 2016】In the southwestern corner of Bolivia, near its border with Chile, is the 23-square-mile salt lake called Laguna Colorada. The shallow lake sits more than 2.5 miles above sea level on the Altiplano – the wide, high plain within the Andes Mountains that includes the Bolivian Plateau. Laguna Colorada’s tomato hue is courtesy of red algae, a food source for flocks of the increasingly rare James’s flamingo, which wade in the lake feasting on the microorganisms.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..