Salt and flat are apposite words. The Salar de Uyuni is mostly regular old sodium chlorideâten billion tons of it, packed into a crust several feet thick. It is so uniformly flat that itâs where NASA goes to calibrate laser altimeters.
Singer Freddy Fender Dead at 69. Singer-songwriter Freddy Fender, acclaimed for his work as a solo artist and with the Texas Tornados, died Saturday (Oct. 14) at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas, following a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 69.
Rocker Peter Frampton will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the blockbuster Frampton Comes Alive! in a concert Friday.