Cacti and Glowing Heavens in Black and White Incahuasi Island Bolivia
by James Brunker
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Cacti and Glowing Heavens in Black and White Incahuasi Island Bolivia
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James Brunker
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Milky Way's Galactic Centre setting behind a giant forked cactus on Incahuasi Island in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni in south west Bolivia. The Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, covering 10,582 square km / 4,086 square miles. The cacti (which have been lit by a small LED panel off to one side) are Echinopsis atacamensis (pasacana subspecies). They grow in Bolivia and northern Argentina and are common in the region. In the cold dry climate they only grow at approx 1cm a year, the tallest are well over 10m high......
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January 6th, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning Black and White image has been selected to be featured for the week in the "Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs" Group’s Home Page!! You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “Stunning Group Featured Images Jan 2018” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others... Thank you for your group participation! ~Jan
James Brunker replied:
Many thanks for featuring this image in the Creative Black and White Fine Art Photographs group Jan!