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File:Salineras de Maras, Maras, Perú, 2015-07-30, DD 17.JPG, featured edit

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Info Worker carrying a sack of salt on his shoulder in the salineras (salt evaporation ponds) in Maras, Peru. The salt is obtained in Maras since the Inca Empire times and the site is currently composed of around 3.000 ponds of 5 square metres (54 sq ft) each. As the location is surrounded by salty mountains, subterrean water deposits the salty wather in the ponds and the water evaporates due to the exposure to the sun. After aprox. 1 month the level of salt reaches 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and is removed in sacks in the way you can see here. All by me, Poc o² 19:21, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Poc o² 19:21, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Although not as colourful as it could be, it surely works. And the valley setting is really different from my experience with seaside salineras. --C messier (talk) 20:15, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 20:44, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support If it wasn't for the person in the picture, it could be another 'mystery picture' where the scale was anyone's guess. A very soft palette. w.carter-Talk 21:37, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support - The salt worker also really helps the photo by showing the salineras as a vast workplace, not just a spectacle. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:03, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support INeverCry 22:42, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Cayambe (talk) 07:06, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 07:48, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mö1997 (Questions ?!?!) 08:14, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like. --Ximonic (talk) 11:36, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support per C. Messier. Daniel Case (talk) 18:18, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kruusamägi (talk) 22:33, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 21:05, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ralf Roleček 21:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:55, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --DXR (talk) 08:50, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 10:53, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /INeverCry 21:13, 9 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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