photos of hans koot

Still fan of your work :-) Such good again.

cheers from Argentine,

Hans

At the Carnival of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentine, the 'devils'

descent from the mountains in an impressive event. They unbury the Devil of

Carnival at the opneing of Carnival, and they will bury him again sunday 21...

The Unbury of the devil of Carnival is an impressive event, Its best celebrated

at the Quebrada of Humahuaca, in the northwest of argentine. If you are

interested to know more about this, plz follow our live blog (see profile)

Late light near Tolar Grande, at the edge of the salar. These grasses are

made for photography

Other shot of Ojos del Mar, at Tolar Grande, I hope you like it. Those very

salty lakes in the salt planes. Actually if you dig a hole, you will find water

just some under the surface. While we were there biologists were

investigating them. They confirmed the puna maybe is at danger n(which

place isn't...) , later some more about that.

Near Tolar Grande we made a walk with a guide in the surroundings. We

needed the guide without we would have been lost.

Hi Mark, this is splendid and dramatic photo, the trees stand out dramatically against the clouds. I 've seen your portfolio briefly and it looks impressive.

Also thank you for your nice comment at my photo of La Puna. The area is breathtaking! Feel free to visit our website with phototravels to the puna, also when you only search for inspiration :-) We can also provide you some information and tips for preparing.

cheers, Hans

This view is when you come from Tolar Grande and look backward when

you enter de huge Salar de Arizaro. Those earth hills are very attractive

to see, but proved to be hard to catch in a good photo. I hope i

succeeded here The surroundings of Tolar Grande are worth spending

some days, or more... Conditions can be harsh at altitude of 3500

meters oxygen is low, temperature can be 20 C by day, even in winter,

and -20 C by night. When the sun sets, the temperature drops like a

stone.

The road from the Salar of Antofalla where we sheltered during the night

for the orcano to antofagasta. Without proper preparation one cannot go

into these deserted areas, here it can take days before somebody will

take the same road! The view is as close to being on another planet as

you can get. Antofalla is just outside the view presented under the

mountains at left and has 35 inhabitants. They asked us and some other

trapped travellers for some diesel, so the generator would be able to

provide some hours of electricity for the village during the evening, which

we of course did.. They repaired also our tire at a staggering price of 2

euros.....more later

Other shot from the high and deserted part of La Puna, Argentine. The Blues

are like being shot with pola, dus to the altitude here, about 4000 mtrs ore

more. Bad skies to accompany us there, and orcano starting to blow.

I am back at argentine again, next week we will depart to the Quebrada of

Humahuaca.

El Cono de Arita, one of most famous places at Salar de Arizaro in

Argentine. This cone stands out from the Salar and is nearly symmetricall

seen from one side. I choose a shot that places it in the white

salar,expressing the wideness i experienced there. Salar the Arizaro is

1500km2 large and you can drive hours to cross it. Altitude round 3500mtrs

and high black vulcanous around it, between 6000 and 7000 mtrs.