Ferrocarril en el salar de Carcote, Chile, 2016-02-09, DD 70.JPG

Generated illustration of a landscape: mountain ridges, forest slopes, a lake and a coastline under a wide sky; no photograph from the records.
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File title
Ferrocarril en el salar de Carcote, Chile, 2016-02-09, DD 70.JPG
Artist
Diego Delso
Credit
Own work
Description
FCAB railway crossing the Carcote salt flat , northern Chile . The train covers the route Antofagasta – Calama – Ollagüe – Uyuni – La Paz , from 0 metres above level in the coastal city of Antofagasta to over 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) and has a total length of 1,537 km (955 mi). The locomotives have engines EMD GR12 2402, Clyde GL26C-2 2010 and Clyde GL26C-2 2005 whereas the Carcote salt flat has a surface of 108 square kilometers (42 sq mi).
Capture date
Date as the record states it
Taken on 9 February 2016, 17:01:16
Width
6,912 px
Height
3,977 px
Megapixels
27.5
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:Ferrocarril_en_el_salar_de_Carcote,_Chile,_2016-02-09,_DD_70.JPG
File URL
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Ferrocarril_en_el_salar_de_Carcote%2C_Chile%2C_2016-02-09%2C_DD_70.JPG

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