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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Maras Salt Mine
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Barney Quinn)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 22:45:43 -0400
References: <200905111939.BOL33571@rg4.comporium.net>

Tina,

Very, very interesting.

Barney

On May 11, 2009, at 3:39 PM, 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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