[Leica] IMGS: Maras Salt Mine

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

Wow - Tina getting into abstracts ;-)

Wonderful shots.

Do you have any with people in them so that I'd be able to assess the scale?

Terrible and wonderful place, salt;
No salt, no life,
Too much salt, no life either ....

Salary comes from salt, salt money, the roman soldiers were paid so, etc...

Thanks for sharing Tina, much appreciated.

Phx



Tina Manley wrote:

> PESO:
>
> This is probably the strangest place we went in Peru:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/112414193
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/112414205
>
> Maras is no where near the ocean, but there is a spring coming out of 
> the mountain that is salt water.  For centuries, different families 
> have owned the rights to mine the salt from the open pit pools where 
> the salt water evaporates.  I took lots of photos ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
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