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Published: 2003-08-23 09:54:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1075; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 336
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Description Geogoly gone mad, somewhere in southern Bolivia, just over four kilometres above sea level, where the air's so thin a cigarette lasts twenty minutes and your head pounds so hard you can't walk straight and your eyes start to water... but damn its beautiful up there.
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Comments: 31

glassocean [2006-06-22 17:21:14 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that is sooo awesome!!
I've been up there on the high planes of south bolivia too.
I think its around 13,000 ft.
I'm not sure if this is coral but once in a while you can find big
chunks of coral just laying out randomly in the plane. How it got
there I guess no one will know but it must've been a ocean at one
point. It takes a long time for coral to build up.

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kittah [2004-05-15 07:14:49 +0000 UTC]

whoa, thats beautiful

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driids In reply to kittah [2004-05-22 18:08:49 +0000 UTC]

thank you. thank you very much.

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throughMYeyes [2004-04-12 06:30:21 +0000 UTC]

I just can't believe something like that even exists.... i'm so blown away

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f0rTyLeGz [2004-02-20 19:11:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow this looks all the world like a sculpture by andy goldsworthy!

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A beautiful photograph~!

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yenom [2004-01-17 02:30:57 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic Capture ! I absolutely love the subject matter +fav

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driids In reply to yenom [2004-01-18 21:33:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks a bunch. for the comment and the fave. very much appreciated.

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LadySilverHawk [2004-01-16 23:11:47 +0000 UTC]

You photography really captures the essence of something so natural and beautiful that you almost wonder if this picture was touched up. But that is the course of mother nature. How you ever found such an area or place, that is just amazing. Not many people go out of their way to find the uniqueness that is in this world. Rather just find it within a block radius. Very cool!

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driids In reply to LadySilverHawk [2004-01-18 21:29:17 +0000 UTC]

thank you. yeah, it was a sort of tour, and it stopped so we could all take picutres. it was the sort of tour that drove across the bolivian high plains in an old four by four... damn good time.
thanks again.

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Zlatty [2004-01-06 22:09:21 +0000 UTC]

Those crazy rocks ... hehe ... nice shot ... kinda out there

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driids In reply to Zlatty [2004-01-11 10:57:35 +0000 UTC]

thank you. i think i would have appreciated it more at the time, had the altitude not being messing with my head. so yeah, those rocks were strange.
thanks again.

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l0natic [2004-01-05 17:58:40 +0000 UTC]

wow, that briliant the colors, the textures, its really trully some thing special

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driids In reply to l0natic [2004-01-05 23:09:58 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much.

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welder [2004-01-04 19:33:31 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic shot. Looks more like something conjured out of Salvador Dali's imagination than an actual natural thing Very nicely photographed.

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driids In reply to welder [2004-01-04 19:46:08 +0000 UTC]

thank you. yeah, it was just odd. it really looked like it should fall over, especially since it was really windy.

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semik [2003-12-21 13:30:51 +0000 UTC]

This is realy standing somewhere? Unbelivable Looks almost imposible! 20min long smoke? WOW! Nature is crazy!

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driids In reply to semik [2003-12-22 09:12:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks. it's in southern Bolivia, at about 4000 metres above sea level (hence the long lasting smokes). it was really quite odd, because it looks like it should fall over, but i'm pretty sure its been there a long time.

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semik In reply to driids [2003-12-22 19:45:42 +0000 UTC]

Bolivia from your image looks like fantastic place!

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driids In reply to semik [2003-12-23 22:17:13 +0000 UTC]

yes, yes it is.

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NeMeNeSsA [2003-10-04 09:20:32 +0000 UTC]

tell me the name of your favourite pic plz

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NeMeNeSsA [2003-10-04 09:10:23 +0000 UTC]

beautiful !

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driids In reply to NeMeNeSsA [2003-10-04 09:13:13 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

this isn't my favourite pic, but it seems to be the most popular... i'm alright with that though, as long as other people like it.

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upgrade-aftrlife [2003-09-28 17:11:09 +0000 UTC]

oh this is really incredible. it's like a dali or ernst painting come to life!

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driids In reply to upgrade-aftrlife [2003-09-28 18:07:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks. yeah that's true, i think i thought of that before, but i'm not sure, so you can have credit. yeah, the whole area is wierd. thanks for comment...

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eileenbeans [2003-09-06 02:50:55 +0000 UTC]

amazing.

You really have to quit smoking lol

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foukou [2003-08-25 10:24:11 +0000 UTC]

Woah.. thats an awesome photo. I like your subject.. the rock formation is extremely unique and.. woah.. Heh, Lett me just add bolivia to the places i want to go list... heh. I also like the sky you were able to capture, with the clouds. not bad!

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driids In reply to foukou [2003-08-25 10:28:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, the subject does all the work though. I just pointed the camera at it. And yes, Bolivia is a wicked place to travel. The people are friendly and it's everything is really cheap (cheap like inexpensive).

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moviefan84 [2003-08-23 09:59:50 +0000 UTC]

the subject matter is amazing, and your picture does it great justice, also like your description, +fav

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driids In reply to moviefan84 [2003-08-23 20:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. The whole area is really beautiful, in an odd sort of way. but the altitude causes some problems. but yeah, I'm real happy that you liked it.

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atamakatjazz [2003-08-23 09:57:52 +0000 UTC]

no artist can even compare to mother nature ey ey?

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driids In reply to atamakatjazz [2003-08-25 10:13:41 +0000 UTC]

yes, yes it is. I'm just happy to have been given oppertunity to see it, as a photo doesn't do it justice.
...and thank you kindly for your comment.

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