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  • Rain jackets are prepared for a mine tour led by former miners that allow them to make a living in tourism instead of mining.  This is located inside the Cerro Rico (The Rich HIll) in the high-altitude city of  Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_09.dng
  • Rain jackets are prepared for a mine tour led by former miners that allow them to make a living in tourism instead of mining.  This is located inside the Cerro Rico (The Rich HIll) in the high-altitude city of  Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_08.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_58.tif
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_59.tif
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_30.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_25.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_32.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_29.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_27.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_26.dng
  • A statue of El "Tio" (the Devil) as seen inside a mine shaft in the Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia.  Miners pay homage and ask permission to extract the minerals every time they go inside the mine, where women are not allowed to enter.  They offer coca leaves, alcohol, tobacco and fire as part of a ceremony called "pijchar".
    090507_Potosi_Mining_31.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_37.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_36.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_23.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_21.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_19.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_18.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_15.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_14.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_13.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_10.dng
  • The entrance to a colonial-era mine shaft in the Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in the high-altitude city of  Potosi in the Bolivian Andes.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_05.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_34.dng
  • Miners working by hand in a mine shaft inside the infamous Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in conditions that have changed very little in centuries.  Located at high-altitude in the Andes and is part of the colonial and UNESCO site of Potosi, Bolivia.
    090507_Potosi_Mining_16.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_56.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_49.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_47.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it, then marking them with their initials to finalize the work is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia .
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_77.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_63.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_58.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it, then marking them with their initials to finalize the work is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia .
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_53.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it, then marking them with their initials to finalize the work is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia .
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_52.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_33.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_17.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_13.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_10.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_92.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_87.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_86.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_79.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it, then marking them with their initials to finalize the work is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia .
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_75.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_73.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_72.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_69.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_60.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_55.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_51.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_50.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_47.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_46.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_45.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_41.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_40.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_35.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_32.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_23.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_20.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_19.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_16.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_15.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_14.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_12.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_09.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_08.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_06.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_05.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_03.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.  By using picks and shovels the salt is piled high into pyramids to drain the water.  Once dry it is shoveled into open bed trucks that take it a few kilometers to Colchani for further processing by hand and using antiquated machinery.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_59.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_78.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it, then marking them with their initials to finalize the work is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia .
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_76.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_22.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_18.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_83.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_82.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_81.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand is done using basic tools like pick and shovel by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_80.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_74.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_65.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_64.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_61.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_57.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_56.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_54.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_49.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_44.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_42.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_36.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_11.dng
  • The mining of salt by hand and making pyramids of salt to dry it is practiced by locals in the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
    090501_Salar_de_Uyuni_Salt_Mining_02.dng
  • The famous colonial-era mines of Cerro Rico in Potosi, a UNESCO site.  Workiing conditions are still primitive and dangerous, even after 500 years and modern technology.
    111104_BO_Potosi_Mine_Tourists_17.dng
  • The famous colonial-era mines of Cerro Rico in Potosi, a UNESCO site.  Workiing conditions are still primitive and dangerous, even after 500 years and modern technology.
    111104_BO_Potosi_Mine_Tourists_16.dng
  • Tourists visit the famous colonial-era mines of Cerro Rico in Potosi, a UNESCO site.  Workiing conditions are still primitive and dangerous, even after 500 years and modern technology.
    111104_BO_Potosi_Mine_Tourists_12.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_40.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_06.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Rain_30.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
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  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_07.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_58.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_56.dng
  • A view of the ancient Cerro Rico mines in Potosi, Bolivia.
    080116_Potosi_CerroRico_Ruins_52.dng
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