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Posted: 29 Jan 2016

Taken: 17 Sep 1975

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Chan Chan

Chan Chan
My father used to exclaim in disgust, "Well, that went over like a lead ball over a Mud Fence", when things went wrong.
The builders of the ancient Chimú city of Chan Chan near Trujillo, Peru might elicit a similar response if they could get a look at the state of their capital now.

This photo from the archives was taken with a Yashica ELECTRO 35CC and a COLOR-YASHINON DX 1:1.8 f=35mm lens using Kodak 135 daylight negative film, the negative scanned with a HP Scanjet G4050 and restored and digitalized with Photoshop tools.

tiltdesign2011, Bruno Suignard, , homaris and 6 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Gudrun
Gudrun club
They probably thought they had built to last.... HFF, Scott!
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Gudrun club
They say that it only rains 0.25 cm a year here in the driest desert in South America - actually, it rains perhaps once every ten years - 2.5 cm in a 15 minute downpour. That is enough to degrade the mud structures over the centuries.
8 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
A mud fence is a first for me, but very impressive. Worth going to Peru, then. HFF.
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Peru is worth a visit if you find interest in multiple layers of civilizations dating back many thousands of years. It is also a land of topographical and climatic contrasts from tropical to desert and coastal plains to 6,000m+ alpine peaks.
8 years ago.
 Erhard Bernstein
Erhard Bernstein club
HFF - I've never seen a fence like this ...
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Erhard Bernstein club
On the dry desert plains of coastal Peru there is no wood - mud is the best building material available.
8 years ago.
 Puchinpappy
Puchinpappy club
Still defining the city. HFF
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Puchinpappy club
It is astounding that the Chimú were able to construct subterranean canals bringing water from the base of the Andes long distances through one of the driest deserts in the world to support a city built of mud with an estimated population of 40,000-60,000
8 years ago.
 Cheryl Beal
Cheryl Beal club
Hahahaha.....HFF!!
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Cheryl Beal club
HFF - even if it is a mud fence . . .
8 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
It certainly must have been impressive in its time. HFF.
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to tiabunna club
The Chimú civilization was a major force in Peru before the Incas conquered Chan Chan.
8 years ago.
 Polyrus
Polyrus
A first for me too! HFF!
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to Polyrus
Mud fences only work well in very dry climates
8 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
Very old fence and very interesting too. HFF Scott, have a nice WE
8 years ago.
Scott Holcomb club has replied to LutzP club
It is melting away very slowly. HFF
8 years ago.

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