Gudrun

Gudrun club

Posted: 28 Sep 2016


Taken: 22 Oct 2010

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1/25 f/7.1 22.0 mm ISO 400

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

18.0-200.0 mm


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Atacama
EOS 350D
UNESCO World Heritage
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Santa Laura
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The Campbell Gas Engine Co Ltd.

The Campbell Gas Engine Co Ltd.
Machinery at Oficina Salitrera Santa Laura, abandoned saltpeter works in the Atacama desert. Together with neighbouring Humberstone, Santa Laura has gained UNESCO world heritage status in 2005.

"Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. That culture is manifest in their rich language, creativity, and solidarity, and, above all, in their pioneering struggle for social justice, which had a profound impact on social history. Situated in the remote Pampas, one of the driest deserts on Earth, thousands of pampinos lived and worked in this hostile environment for over 60 years, from 1880, to process the largest deposit of saltpeter in the world, producing the fertilizer sodium nitrate that was to transform agricultural lands in North and South America, and in Europe, and produce great wealth for Chile. Because of the vulnerability of the structures and the impact of a recent earthquake, the site was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger to help mobilize resources for its conservation."

whc.unesco.org/en/list/1178

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberstone-_und_Santa-Laura-Salpeterwerke

Alexander Prolygin, Buelipix, Peter Heijst, Rainer Blankermann and 23 other people have particularly liked this photo


Latest comments - All (28)
 Gudrun
Gudrun club has replied
Herzlichen Dank, Leo! Diese Welterbestätte lohnt sich, leider ist sie für viele Chile-Touristen etwas ab vom Schuss.
7 years ago.
 Rainer Blankermann
Rainer Blankermann club
Klasse Aufnahme der Maschine. Mit dem HG hast Du auch Glück gehabt, ich meine, dass er hier sehr gut dazu passt!
7 years ago.
 Peter Heijst
Peter Heijst
Hi Gudrun, here I like the purity of the image with it's great coloring and light! Friendly greeting!
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club has replied
Herzlichen Dank, Rainer!
7 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club has replied
Many thanks, Peter!
7 years ago.

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