world heritage of the future3 uyuni salt lake

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uyuni salt lake and isura [de] pesukado (island of fish).Color of the sky and the salt lake to blend, as the distant mountain has floated, it is visible.As for being visible in here and there of the island the cactus.Tetsuo © Maki


The water drying at the place where it rises the salt settles in lattice condition.Tetsuo © Maki * the photograph expands with click

First just saw the view which receives impact is several in the world.For example but katsupadokia and the namibu desert, the cascade of iguasu the one example, privately extremity is the Bolivian uyuni salt lake.

However it is not worldwide heritage, introduces the place where the world where it is a match to that is splendid “future worldwide heritage” Vol.3, from that uyuni salt lake and the uyuni salt lake applying in the atakama desert, will introduce the large nature of the Andes.Furthermore, sun Pedro of purakayo and the atakama desert which is on the vicinity of the uyuni salt lake is registered to the worldwide heritage provisional list of the respective Bolivia and Chile.

Moment by moment color of the uyuni salt lake which changes the form

When the water of over ten centimeters even the tsu spreads thin from several centimeters, in this kind of view.View changes from the louver with angle of the depth of water and the sun.Tetsuo © Maki * the photograph expands with click

The uyuni salt lake true to its name, is the lake which includes salinity abundantly.Salinity density being too high, like the photograph the salt becoming crystal, the ground it has been overturned.not deep in the lake because it spread to almost horizontal ground, dry up during the dry season almost as much as, salt water as a thin curtain rolled even after the rainy seasonand the following.

salt is very strange color of the lake. as you can see the richness of the color of the sea, obviously intense color change than freshwater. uyuni salt concentration is almost saturated in some places much less. color change takes a maximum value.

salt portion is exposed, for example dried up white. the salt draws the pattern of the grid for some reason, continue until the other side is covered with the strange spectacle as tile. where the water is slightly milky praised, we changed to navy blue and navy as the water depth is deeper. the color changed from moment to moment depending on the position of the sun and, stained by pink or red at dusk.

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uyuni salt lake until you are

the tour4WDpenetrate the salt lake continues until the ride over the horizon. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

elevation3,700muyuni salt lake located in the andes is located in the, andes is a mountain range by the submarine was able to uplift originally. in the soil will contain a large amount of salt, rain or snowmelt flows came showering in the mountains include the salt.

pour into the sea and the river as it is, but it is natural to be depressed into a deep valley lake, uyuni salt lake in the north and south about100kmeast and west approx.300kmthere was a vast plain. wed poured out from the andes mountains on earth as it is accumulated, there was no moisture to be a deep lake to evaporate during the dry season becomes almost. deposited salt and salt dissolved in water and dried, this strange spectacle was completed by repeating this every year.

like a super big in japan recentlyit began to sell the types of salt, uyuni salt lake salts are also seen occasionally. since the closure of pulacayo silver mine is located close to the salt lake, the town of uyuni has been established in the tourism and salt.

group during the strange spectacle of the andes from the uyuni salt lake

uyuni salt lake salt had been traded from the pre-inca era. recently seen in japan. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

the scenery changes to a more dynamic and climb the andes mountains from the uyuni salt lake.

laguna colorada, for example. perhaps because of the mineral melt, red lake. laguna blanca near the border with chile is as white as a ghost. also, in this area many flamingos, lake is dotted with dyed pink flamingo, thanks to. flamingo is a surprise because i thought those of africa.

this area is also rich in hot springs, i can also soak in a hot spring lake of looking at the flamingo. simply, unlike the japanese local peopleseems weak in hot water many people to tour the west also, hot springs was always nuruka~tsu.

uyuni salt lake scenery of strange seen from the isla de pesukado. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

some groups, such as geysers and steam spewing out rocks even tens of meters, can be seen as well as colonies of cactus forest also because it is beyond the limits. simply, the highest point reached5,000mbeyond the, winter temperatures of minus20sometimes less than the degree.

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interim heritage of bolivia, industrial heritage district of pulacayo

uyuni salt lake and water filled with a thin even ~tsu. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

this uyuni salt lake itself has not been registered in the tentative list of world heritage sites in bolivia, industrial heritage district on the edge of the salt lake of uyuni pulacayo is it that is registered in the provisional list, listed in the provisional list of chile’s atacama desert san pedro is also adjacent to the uyuni salt lake.

slightly from the town of uyuni20kmthere is a town called pulacayo to the location of the. south america yield silver potosi silver mine in chile to take over once2it was ranked mining town. introduced early steam engine, or a railway maintenance, mechanization, such as the textile industry, is also a state-of-the-art industrial city boasted south america.

silver mine closure will soon fade and this city also was once supported the bolivia, now the mine facility andSLbecame only keep the remains, such as. but, there is no change that the city has changed dramatically in south america industry, as having a universal value of cultural heritage as industrial heritage, that the aim of a world heritage site.

SLin the movies butch cassidy and the sundance kid! some butch cassidy and the sundance kid stole the famous robbery. it is said that they stole the bag and salary of mine here.

journey to the atacama desert of chile from the uyuni salt lake

people of the town of uyuni. women living in the andes, such as wearing a hat all photos. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

world heritage of the future in the series is not provided, especially the corner travel information, here is a little bit so the most recommended route in south america.

what are you waiting beyond the andes and into chile ‘s atacama desert from the uyuni salt lake. uyuni salt lake just continued from, hot springs and geysers, laguna (lake) such as, has spread uyuni salt lake and the strange spectacle of an equivalent.

atacama desert is one of the driest land in the world that, is known for many astronomical observatory has been established from clear that the air. also, in recent years also have been found in large quantities nazca and palpa geoglyphs, such as. 1also have been preserved from the ruins of million years ago, san pedro has been described in the tentative list of world heritage sites in chile in particular.

1the journey takes about months become, lima~nazca~cusco (machu picchu) ~lago titicaca~tiwanaku~la paz~uyuni~escape route and atacama, destination of the press’s position in south america.

crystal of salt spread on the ground and then dried. ©tetsuo maki click to enlarge photo

(basic data of the future world heritage)
name: industrial heritage district of pulacayo (interim heritage)
Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site
country name: republic of bolivia
year provisional registration and registration heritage: 2003years, cultural heritage(iii)(iv)(vi)

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