** TATIO ** Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

The Place
This is the El Tatio Geysers. According to some reports, El Tatio is the highest geyser field in the world at more than 4,200mts of altitude. More info here.

Background
In 2001 I was assigned in a project in Chile, my home country. I had to supervise the construction of the base for the first radio telescope of the ALMA project (Atacama Large Millimetre Array) for the NAOJ (National Astronomic Observatory of Japan). You can check details of this very interesting project here.
The project site was almost 70 km from San Pedro de Atacama (altitude 2,450 mts), at an altitude of more than 4,800 mts (17,767ft). We had to go up and down to the site everyday. Although I lived in the middle of one of the top attractions of Chile, I had little chance to visit some of those places. Only the last weekend there I had the time and I could get up early (before 4AM) and drive to El Tatio, a wonderful place. I am so glad I was assigned here.. very lucky.

Technical
- Scanned film

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Critiques | Translate

joshy (313) 2008-01-24 7:10

Ho Jorge,

Great picture. Good composition, lights and colours. It's worth to the effort you made. thanks for sharing
Cheers

joshy

capthaddock (28640) 2008-01-24 7:11

The scan quality is crisp and impressive, the scattered geysers give an otherwordly feel, maybe the sky is generous because it's empty, but the low light gives a pleasant shade of blue, and I know low level clouds are very rare. (I didn't get a chance to do this excursion unfortunately, it was because of the waking up early issue, but now looking back 10000km. away, I wish I had done it)

brandstaetter (14252) 2008-01-24 9:25

Hi Jorge,
great quality for a scan. And a absolutely dreamy landscape. Congratulations.
Cheers Chris

Silvio1953 (42431) 2008-01-24 10:35

Hi Jorge, fantastic and interesting composition, great view of beautiful mountains with splendid colors and wonderful sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

emka (22009) 2008-01-24 12:35

Hi Jorge,

fantastic photo of Atacama Desert. Incredible that it is from scan. It is a pity I had no time to see Atacama when I was last year in Chile. It is very interesting what you write about this ALMA project. I must read it one day. But at the moment I am very excited - I am Granny!

Regards

Malgorzata

lucasgalodoido (16673) 2008-01-24 17:14

Olá Jorge,
bem interessantes esses Geisers né pessoalmente nunca vi. A nitidez e as cores da imagem ficaram ótimas e gostei de ver as montanhas ao fundo.
Parabéns e Abraço!

leo61 (43476) 2008-01-24 21:47

Hi Jorge!
Good shot of my favourite area in the world.I`m planing to go there again next year.
Good low POV and great depth with these snowy peaks in the far distance.
Regards,Leo

Floydian (30970) 2008-01-25 0:26

Hi Jorge,
A superb scan, really excellent. Full with detail, clarity and brightness, any idea what kind of film it was?
A strong composed landscape with very interesting subjects which are spreaded all over the place. Taken at 4200...man that's really an interesting landcscape. Another shot that makes me want to go to Chile one day.
The snowpeak mountains are also working great here...really a good shot.
Regards, Henk

danos (32956) 2008-01-25 4:18

Hola Jorge,
i was browsing and came across your fine image taken at the most perfect time of the day.. I don't think you could better the quality or the sharpness, they are just outstanding. It's a superb capture,with the depth of field to be impressive.Very informative your note too.

Regards,Danos

jlbrthnn (38563) 2008-01-25 4:35

Hello Jorge,
the ground thunders below these geysers, the magma should not be very far. It is a superb image, in an area which must be enthralling to discover. Congratulations for the image and also for your contribution to the construction of these extraordinary tools which are the modern telescopes.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

pboehringer (770) 2008-01-25 11:19

Jorge,
impressive outcome of the scanning process! Impressive as much as the landscape that you're presenting us here. Perfect composition with all the steam fountains scattered perfectly over the area.
You're really convinving me to consider strongly to visit Chile 2009!
Peter

setenay (7604) 2008-01-25 11:54

Hello Bruno
an amazing shot,magnificent and unusual natural event.Colors ,sharpness and lighting are wonderfull.Thanks for your sharing and useful note.
Greetings and have nice weekend.
setenay

Cretense (56726) 2008-01-26 3:36

Hola Jorge!

Te lo juro, amigo, esa manana, pensaba que no me acuerdo haber visto en tu galeria muchas fotos de Chile, y como me gustaria ver fotos del desierto de Atacama! Te lo juro!!! Telepatia? No se! Una imagen increible, de un lugar increible, gran composicion, perfecta iluminacion! Felicidades!

Un abrazo,
Hercules

giorgimer (21370) 2008-01-26 7:35

Hi Jorge,

really surprising place, I like a lot these colors and the steam coming out from the ground. Excellent quality considering that it's a scan.

Very well done!

Gio

hatti52 (12654) 2008-01-26 8:15

Hi Jorge,
fantastic and interesting landscape
and wonderful photo of it with beautiful
colors and wonderful sharpness
congrats

meltemi (9746) 2008-01-26 8:33

Hello Jorge,
you captured a real fantastic phenomenon of nature in a very scenographic picture, the atmosphere and lighting are superb, you really managed very well here with a good glimpse of the barren landscape around, great colors and very interesting notes to go with this picture.
Regards.
Stella

Photo65Net (43096) 2008-01-26 11:04

Salut Jorge,
Wow, superb landscape !
It is a great image, and the geysers add so beautiful dynamics and cenetr of intgerest.
Nice job,
Regards,
JB.

Clementi (44761) 2008-01-26 14:03

ciao jorge ,
fantastic view of the Geysers, strange landscape ,
beautiful blue sky and good color also clarity are great .
Giorgio

jhm (83073) 2008-01-27 4:27

Hello Jorge,

For a scanned image is this very nice, I thought that dit was a digital picture.
What a image with all those geysers around the photographer.
Colours and composition are very well.
Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

scobert (5333) 2008-01-27 10:17

Hello Jorge,
I just read your comments about my nebula photo. Thanks. I did write a critique earlier and I commented about the radio telescope project that you supervised the construction of and then the Trek Earth server blew me out. I always hate it when this happens. Your notes are always well-written and informative and your shot is fantastic! 4200 meters in height, that is amazing. This is as high as our Colorado 14,000 foot peaks. I am also impressed with your career as an engineer and I am very impressed that they chose you to be a big part of this construction. This Alma project is a fascinating high tech marvel and who know what scientists will discover with this radio telescope (array of telescopes). Keep on posting your great photos and your interesting notes!
Stan

testmaniac (12254) 2008-01-27 21:42

Hi Jorge, very nice photo and great view. Good composition,colors and shadows. This place is looking very interesting.

TFS and regards,
Philip

AiresSantos (42624) 2008-01-27 23:32

Hi Jorge
Magnificent quality in this very well scanned picture. Very nice view of 'El Tatio Geysers' with beautiful colours and light
TFS and have a nice week
Aires

patdeph (18180) 2008-01-27 23:42

hello Jorge
The quality of the scan is really impressive!The colours,the sharpness,the light on the rocks are wonderful!The smoke and the snow create a nice effect with their white colours doing nice contrast with the blue and brown!Superb!
Have a nice day.
Pascale

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2008-01-30 2:24

Hi Jorge,
I like the film that you used ... I'll go to church and get some :) Very good image quality considering it is from a scanned image ... must be because of the heavenly film :) This is indeed a very interesting scene. Must have been a good opportunity to work in a place with such interesting landscape. Well captured and composed. I also like your informative notes. Well done!
Cheers,
Renier

Matthew-Watt (4467) 2008-02-01 18:26

Hello Jorge,

Interesting, one would guess that geysers and other thermal activity would occur in areas that were at lower altitudes with a thinner crust, not up high in the mountains of Chile. Excellent clarity here and wonderful balance. The blue sky is beautiful and the white vapor looks pleasant in front of it. I love the earthy texture and colour below.

Matt

edal (6587) 2008-02-04 13:23

Hi Jorge!
A very interesting place of a rare natural phenomenon - perfect shot and scan,
Thanks!
Anton

Hellas (5151) 2008-02-05 1:26

You were very lucky, but we are lucky, too.
Sharing photos like this one is so kind and helpful for all of us.
The photo is very well exposed thanks to your experience and the good quality of scanning.
Thank you Jorge.
Best wishes,
Athanasios.

danyy (69223) 2008-02-05 15:34

Bonjour Jorge,
un document bien interessant sur ces phénomènes gélogiques qui me passionnent beaucoup. Voilà bien une région très élevée où l'oxygène est plus rare, il faut une sacrée habitude pour s'y promener.
Superbes lumières et une mise au point très précise.
Regards.
Daniel.

Charo (31677) 2008-02-08 12:51

Hola Jorge,
Estupenda toma de este increible lugar. Además leo que es escaneada, lo que todavía le da más valor porque la calidad es bastante buena. La luz y los colores son magníficos. Una bella composición con todos esos geiseres humeantes.
Cordialmente
Charo

dip (12728) 2008-02-08 22:56

Hi Jorge,
excellent capture of this interesting and beautiful place,
the quality of this scanned photo is really superb!!!
Great job!
Dimitris.

Didi (36318) 2008-02-09 10:21

Hi Jorge
Very magnificient view from this big Hammam.
Very good POV who gives an interesting depht from the foreground.
Well done.
Cheers.

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-02-09 11:33

Hola Jorge:

Es contradictorio que un lugar tan desertico, resulte tan bello. Ya he tenido referencias de este punto, como para visitarlo algun dia y hacer unas buenas tomas.

Un gran panorama, gran profundidad y nitidez. La regla de los tercios ha sido muy bien manejada y el encuadre guarda buen equilibrio.

John

alainh (35381) 2008-02-09 22:04

hello Jorge
we are in another planet ! impressive atmosphere. agood composition.
have a nice sunday Jorge
alain

steliosk (4784) 2008-03-11 9:13

I have seen something similar in Iceland, I've clicked in the link you gave us in your note, but my question is: is this safe??
Lovely capture as always, descriptive and complete

Regards
Stelios

maximage (13530) 2009-03-09 10:35

Hello Jorge,
Superbe!! J'adore! Un paysage grandiose!