15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Salt Miners of Salar de Uyuni
Traditional salt miners of Salar de Uyuni are loading a truck with salt. They have been manually mining for salt here for centuries, as their ancestors did before them. The only thing that has changed is that they use trucks now.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 03.2017 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
Photo Location: | Uyuni, Bolivia, Bolivia |
Camera: | FC220 |
Copyright: | © Matjaz Krivic |
Awards
Photo of the Day: 05.01.19 |
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