• Foto Number: AND-447

Traditional salt mining in the Salar de Coipasa in the Bolivian Andean highlands. Workers use simple tools such as axes or poles to chisel solid blocks of salt from the crust. The scene is set against the glistening white salt crust, with a mountainous backdrop in the Altiplano at an altitude of around 3,600 to 3,800 metres. – Bolivia – 1976

• Keywords:
  South America Sierra Bolivia Chipayas Salar de Uyuni Salar de Coipasa Altiplano Andes Central Andes saltworks landscape