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A Long Breakfast (Explored)
A Long Breakfast (Explored)

As we were about to leave Laguna Lejia, the clouds opened up over the part of the lake where a colony of James's flamingos had been feeding since our arrival.

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).

#2 in Explore on Jun 28, 2023.

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/8.0, 1/500 sec, 112mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D800E
Lens: 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length: 112mm
ISO: 100
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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