Norte Chico

Thursday, January 26. 2006

La Serena, Chile (Jan 6, 2006)

From La Serena to Las Campanas, it is a 2 hours drive along the “Panamericana” (the highway that follows the entire Chilean coast) and then a secondary unpaved road that climbs the arid plains and mountains in the Norte Chico. I took this image from the darkened windows of the shuttle that was driving us up to the observatory, while I was left wondering the final destination of these power lines, only human fixture in the arid, desolated landscape.

Posted by Massimo in Places and Nature at 23:23 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Wow - those mountains almost look like a double exposure. Very beautiful capture. Sounds like a fabulous area to drive - maybe ride a motorcycle

#1 Jamie (Homepage) on 2006-01-27 01:34 (Reply)

nice scenery! definitely worth a drive!

#2 eclipse-space (Homepage) on 2006-01-27 06:27 (Reply)

Wow, what a great place to go exploring.

#3 Paul (Homepage) on 2006-01-27 11:03 (Reply)

beautiful scene

#4 Gary (Homepage) on 2006-01-27 14:34 (Reply)

Great capture. Wish I was there too!

#5 sil (Homepage) on 2006-01-27 17:01 (Reply)

The window has had an interesting “filter” effect - I imagine the light on the landscape was more harsh. I nice image made all the more powerful by asking the question about the power lines. The combination of image and prose evokes an emotional response in the viewer - made me pause for thought, made me ask the same question, made me imagine possible answers. Thanks!

#6 Graeme (Homepage) on 2006-01-28 08:23 (Reply)

Yes, the light on this landscape was more harsh in the foreground, and was toned down by the tint of the window. However, the mountains in the background were hazed by mist and dust that seems to be perennial in this season (albeit this is a desert area, this was the humid season), so all the photos that I took (outside of the car) have a reddish tint in the foreground and a bluish tint in the background. Kind of nightmare in post processing, but also an occasion for unusual colors.

#6.1 Massimo (Homepage) on 2006-01-28 14:51 (Reply)

Great colors, the contrast between the browns and blues works really well.

#7 Matt (Homepage) on 2006-01-29 12:20 (Reply)

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