Salineras de Maras, Maras, Perú, 2015-07-30, DD 12.JPG
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Collection Featured pictures of landscapes · Commons page id 42,835,301
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What this Commons file record states
- File title
- Salineras de Maras, Maras, Perú, 2015-07-30, DD 12.JPG
- Artist
- Diego Delso
- Credit
- Own work
- Description
- Salineras ( salt evaporation ponds ) in Maras , Peru . Salt has been harvested in Maras since the time of the Inca Empire . The site has around 3000 ponds of 5 square metres (54 sq ft) each. As the location is surrounded by salty mountains, subterrean water deposits the salty water in the ponds; the water evaporates due to the exposure to the sun. After approx. 1 month the level of salt reaches 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and is removed in sacks.
- Capture date
- Date as the record states it
- 2015-07-30
- Width
- 6,628 px
- Height
- 4,989 px
- Megapixels
- 33.1
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Licence URL
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
- Collection
- Featured pictures of landscapes
- Commons file page
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salineras_de_Maras,_Maras,_Per%C3%BA,_2015-07-30,_DD_12.JPG
- File URL
- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Salineras_de_Maras%2C_Maras%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-30%2C_DD_12.JPG
