Special Envoys to Chile
“
Temperature: 13.6°C.
pH: 7.6.
Dissolved oxygen: 55.6%.
Salinity: 25%.
Altitude: 4,497 meters…”
Wrapped up in a thick parka, hat pushed down on her head, Laura Eme deciphers aloud the physico-chemical parameters that a probe submerged in wavelets records.
With a hand stiffened by the cold, Ana Gutiérrez records the data in a notebook blackened with figures and sketches.
At their feet stretch immensities of rust-colored water, sheets of immaculate salt, criss-crossed by opalescent rills and orange-yellow brines, all punctuated by the pale pink of flamingos.
With his eye glued to his refractometer, David Moreira once again checks the salinity level.
Caught in a vice between an eternally blue sky and the dizzying peaks of the Andes Cordillera, placed under the intensive observation of a handful of scientists, the Pujsa salt flat and its lagoon will have to reveal all their secrets.
The bright yellow brines of Laguna Pulsa, rich in microorganisms.
Olivier GRUNEWALD
Beings invisible to the naked eye
Laura…
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 94% left to discover.
Freedom has no borders, like your curiosity.
Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Login