Flamingos under a broken sky - a photo on Flickriver

Low clouds break and the early sun illuminates spots near the shore of Laguna Lejia where James' flamingos feed all morning.

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 for plants, insects, shrimp, and fish.

Laguna Lejía (Bleach Lagoon) is an alkaline 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).

© 2021 Jacques de Selliers. All rights reserved.
For reproduction rights, see www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm.
Photo ref: j8e_29363-ps3-Atacama
P:19:00, 1hF=3.8h, 2hF=16h, 2.5hF=26h, 3hF=50h, 3.5hF=113h

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, 200mm, 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:	0.001 sec (1/750)
Focal Length:	200mm
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
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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