Salt Pans
by Maria Coulson
Title
Salt Pans
Artist
Maria Coulson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art, Fine Art Phototgraphy
Description
Salt mines in Maras. This salt mine is a complex network of nearly 3,000 salt pans, shallow pools that are filled by a hypersaline underground spring. These salt pans are believed to have been developed in pre-Inca times (pre-1430 AD) and today are active hand-harvested by local families during the dry season, May through November. The naturally pink salt gets its beautiful hue from trace elements in the spring water, including calcium, magnesium, silicon, and potassium.
Proceeds from the sale of this photograph goes to help orphaned and abandoned children in Colombia South America.
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December 8th, 2016
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