Entries from 'ruin'
Day 304
- Aperture: f/5
- ISO: 100
- Shutter Speed: 1/1600 s
- Focal Length: 12mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
If you know me, you know I love exploring abandoned places. Today we explored the amazing ghost town of Humberstone, this nitrate ghost town is the reason we came to Iquique. Towns like Humberstone were thriving from the late 1800’s up until the 1960’s by mining nitrate, however towns like this were abandoned when two…
Day 261
- Aperture: f/3.5
- ISO: 640
- Shutter Speed: 1/15 s
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Camera: Canon EOS 60D
El Brujo. This is an ancient monument of the Moche culture and also a temple believed to be used for human sacrifices. This temple is similar to the “sun and moon” Temple we visited on Day 258, in that it has 6 or 7 different layers from different time periods. This one has also been cut away…