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Photographer’s Note

This is the old rope-railway which was used to transport the salt from Las Salinas to the port of Pedra de Lume.(Sal island)
In the 18th century a Cape Verdean names Manuel Antonio Martins began to develop the salt business which had already existed for many years on Boa Vista. The most challenging technical issue confronting the establishment of the salt business at Pedra de Lume was to design a way of transporting the salt from the salinas high above the village to the embarkation point at the port. Initially pack animals were used to do the work. Later a tunnel was cut through the wall of the extinct volcano thereby easing access to the salina.
Later this rope-railway was built.The salt production stoped in 1985.
I will post a foto of the tunnel soon.
Have a nice sunday

P-S-I-G, MiguelP, gp_pl, Elaine_Blath, Floydian, Buin, quetzal, Angshu trouve(nt) cette note utile

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Gustaw (21670) 2006-06-04 4:12

Hallo friend!
Nice photo, I like it!
Marek

P-S-I-G (24482) 2006-06-04 4:13

Hello Andreas,
Very nice capture. I like the depht given by the repetition. Good sharpness, colors and composition.
I also enjoy the sweet light. Well done and interesting note.
Best regards,
Fabrice

MiguelP (14332) 2006-06-04 4:14

Strange landscape Andreas, covered with a beautifull sky. Very interesting what you explain at the note as well.

gp_pl (1394) 2006-06-04 4:16

Hi Andreas,
superb composition, excellent contrast. Very interesting POV. Congratulation
regards
Grzesiek

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2006-06-04 4:21

Hi Leo,

very good low point of view, and interesting note!! I like it very much, such a strong light and rich colours...well done!

Have a nice day, Ivana

Floydian (30970) 2006-06-04 4:41

Hello Andreas,
If this one was in BW you could also taken it in 1900..!!!
I really love these kind of scenes, where time is not from any importance.
Your pov is great, it is making it a very good composition which makes it a very pleasant picture to look at.
Regards, Henk

Buin (38040) 2006-06-04 4:48

Hallo Andreas,
schön, dass Du auch solche Dinge zeigst. Eine hölzerne Seilbahn - unglaublich, aber das Ding hat ja wohl funktioniert! Das Foto hat eine wunderbare Tiefe und dadurch wird die karge Landschaft noch eindrucksvoller. Und dann noch die drei Farben - toll!
Schöne Feiertage!
Frank

Ina (2681) 2006-06-04 4:49

Lovely light and colors... I like how my eyes look in to the picture... TFS... Ina...

jasmis (50777) 2006-06-04 5:27

Interesting photo and fine note. Thanks for sharing. Regards.

quetzal (3467) 2006-06-04 12:10

Hi Andreas,
Excellent composition and note. This kind of transportation in very curious and clever.
Regards
Jean-Louis

Angshu (33947) 2006-06-05 2:25

Hi Leo
Extremely informative photo & note. Excellent DOF & the sky is pristine blue
Regards
Angshu

IvarsU (2499) 2006-06-05 2:44

Hi, Andreas!
Ideal deep and feeling of perspective here. Real monsters in perfect line. Briliant olors, shadows and clouds added "+" for composition.
Regards,
Ivars.

dHitman (0) 2006-06-05 8:12

Hi Andreas,
Good viewpoint to highlight both the structure and the sky. Lots of depth all the way to the horizon. Nice warm colors. TFS!
Regards, Jino

tropicalrips (0) 2006-06-07 21:11

love the sharpness and colors in this photo andreas
composition is good with nice lines, well balanced

Photo Information

Copyright: Andreas LEO Urban (leo61) (43448)
Genre: Lieux
Medium: Couleur
Date Taken: 2006-05-03
Categories: Transports
Camera: Konica-Minolta Dynax 7D, Konica Minolta 17-35mm f/2.8-4, Hama circular Polarizer 77
Exposition: f/7.1, 1/250 secondes
Versions: version originale
Carnet de voyage: The forgotten islands
Date Submitted: 2006-06-04 4:09