Total Miles Traveled: 13,268
Salinas Grandes is a huge salt flat northwest of Salta. Above is an example of a salt pool that is used to harvest salt. The water is just below the surface, so they dig these pools to expose the water. The water then evaporates from exposure to sun and wind, and what’s left is clean salt. Not sure how these salt flats were created though – probably part of prehistoric saltwater lakes?
The following, of course, would NEVER happen. Lisa was pretty far away for this one and the camera was on the ground. In hindsight, I would have used a wide angle lens.
Whispering sweet nothings…
Balancing on a wine bottle
Doing the Karate Kid crane kick!
And some yoga poses…
Here Lisa’s riding the world’s only giant stuffed llama:
Getting the perspective down does take a little thought and practice. There were many other photos that didn’t make the cut. For example, here’s one where it didn’t quite work out:
But… we’ll end on one that did work out…
