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Cemetery in the desert

Cemetery in the desert

There are many abandoned nitrate mines in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. All that remains of the once thriving mining communities of 150 years ago are l...
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There are many abandoned nitrate mines in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. All that remains of the once thriving mining communities of 150 years ago are lonely and forgotten cemeteries on the vast and desolate plains.
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SONY DSC-RX100

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 125 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 52/5

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Sep, 2015

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