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  1. The pools, offering a wide variety of hues, are still maintained and worked with hand tools, following the old Inca tradition. It’s hard work, under a scorching sun at 3200 m of altitude, a daily routine that has barely changed in centuries.

    #Peru #Cusco #SalarDeMaras #Maras #TraditionalSaltHarvesting #CulturalHeritage #AndesMountains #TravelPhotography #VisualStorytelling

  2. The Salar de Maras were already being harvested in the Inca era, and today people still use the same method, filling the pools with salty water and letting the sun work its magic.

    #Peru #Cusco #SalarDeMaras #Maras #TraditionalSaltHarvesting #CulturalHeritage #AndesMountains #TravelPhotography #VisualStorytelling #WorkingLandscapes

  3. 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀
    Satellite imagery analysis reveals 76 ancient hunting traps in Chile's Andes, showing hunter-gatherer communities persisted alongside agricultural societies for thousands of years.
    #hunting #andesmountains #AncientHistory #AncientOrigins
    ancient-origins.net/news-histo

  4. Sunrise on the Andes mountains through the airplane's window, on the way to Santiago #scl.
    Ultimate destination: a hydrogen safety consulting meeting at the BHP Spence copper mine in the Atacama Desert.

    Chile, July 2019.

    #fensterfreitag #windowfriday #travel #chile #andesmountains #consultinglife

  5. 𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

    ✧ El Tatio ✧

    El Tatio is a geothermal field with many geysers located in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,320 metres (14,170 ft) above mean sea level. It is the third-largest geyser field in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The geothermal field has many geysers, hot springs, and associated sinter deposits. These hot ...

    #AndesMountains #SouthernHemisphere #Chile #RioSalado #RioLoa #Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Tatio

  6. The immensity of the Andes Mountains in Chile never cease to overwhelm me! Images from a first time hike over the weekend with my son. Showing him where we trial run and sky run!
    #trailrun #skyrunning #AndesMountains #chile #mountainphotography #AndesTrailAdventures