There Are Multiple Ways to Spread the Light

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton

Did you know that the Earth’s largest mirror can be seen from space ? In the country of Bolivia, which is nestled among Peru, Chile, and Brazil in South America, a place called Salar de Uyuni is considered the world’s largest mirror at eight times the size of New York City. No, it’s not a giant pane of glass with a reflective material, it’s actually a salt flat. When covered with water, it creates a giant mirror that reflects the sky and surrounding area. Many refer to this as “The place where Heaven meets Earth".

About the author

Edith Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider’s knowledge of the upper class New York “aristocracy” to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are The House of Mirth and the novella Ethan Frome.