El Sillar Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

A few kilometres northwest of Tupiza along the road to Uyuni is the mouth of the Quebrada de Palala, a ravine formed by a tributary of the Río Tupiza. The river bed is dry for most of the year, and is used as a highway by vehicles heading to isolated mines up in the wilderness to the northwest. If you drive, ride or walk 6km or so up the gorge you'll come to a series of red rock formations that have been eroded into massive fins. A few kilometres further on you'll reach a high saddle between two peaks known as El Sillar, around which stands a stone forest of tall pinnacles of eroded rock.

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phwall (5817) 2008-09-03 16:33

Hi Matteo,
Good detail in this image. The eroded rocks do look amazing.
I like the way the sunlight is just clipping the tops of some of the ridges.
For me, I'd have liked to see an horizon with some sky to give the shot more depth, I'm guessing you cropped it out because it didn't look too interesting.
Good shot.
Regards
Peter

Clementi (45849) 2008-09-03 17:22

Ciao Matte,
una foto veramente ben realizzata, ottima la definizione ma quello che piu' mi piace e' come cambia tonalita' dalla luce calda a destra fino a quella azzurrina sull'orizzonte.
ben fatto
Giorgio

umutlu101 (5374) 2008-09-04 4:12 [Comment]

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jmdias (20189) 2008-09-04 16:54

matteo

very interesting these shapes. I liked the soft reflected light we can see in the lower area. very beautiful piece of our planet

hugs

jorge

PaulVDV (5451) 2008-09-05 4:17

Hello Mateao,
Very beautiful picture of these rock formations. It's an impressive landscape. Nice to see the changes between the rocks in the shade and those receiving light.
Best regards, Paul

smarcell (14715) 2008-11-11 15:20

Sei poi stato in Bolivia ! Immagino ti sia piaciuta. Questa foto con la geologia impazzita e' veramente bella e interessante. Non sono stato a Tupiza, e mi sarebbe piaciuto. Chissa', in futuro...
ciao Stefano