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Flamingos At Work

The morning sun now finds its way through the clouds and temporarily brightens the whole of the corner of Laguna Lejia where James's flamingos carry out their morning duty: eating!

James's flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), AKA the puna flamingo, is one of the three species of flamingo found in Chile and of the six species in the world.
Like all flamingos, they are omnivorous filter-feeders, filling their beaks with salt lake water and sifting it out to eat plants, insects, shrimps, and fish.

Laguna Lejía (Bleach Lagoon) is a salt lake in the Atacama desert.
It is located in the Chilean Altiplano of the Antofagasta Region,
100 km (62 mi) south-east of San Pedro de Atacama,
at an altitude of 4325 m (14,200 ft).
It is shallow and has no outlet, currently covering an area of
nearly 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) with an average depth of 1.2 m (4 ft).

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Taken in: Chile / Antofagasta / San Pedro de Atacama / San Francisco (show map)

Taken on: December 18, 2021

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/8.0, 1/750 sec, 300mm, ISO 140 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/750)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	140
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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