Pisagua, Huara, El Tamarugal Province, Chile

Feb 7, 2013

Pisagua was the Saltpeter harbor to the 1930s, then it sunk into insignificance.

Tocopilla, Tocopilla Province, Chile

Feb 6, 2013

The harbor town Tocopilla - without make-up

Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile

Feb 6, 2013

At the airport in Antofagasta. You can get any pickup truck as long as it is red. Red seems to be the preferred color of the mining companies.

Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile

Feb 6, 2013

In front of a museum in Antofagasta - a collection of stones, minerals and ores; what the mining is all about. Driving through the landscape today I had the impression that the Andes are presenting a nutritious mineral salad for resource hungry industries. - The Chilenos seem to know how to dig it out, but for the most part its exported.

Taltal, Chile

Feb 6, 2013

Tsunami warning signs are omnipresent.