[Geysers] Chile Geyser Photo

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The photo appears to be taken on the low rise adjacent to spring group M-I,
geyser T93 at the Middle Geyser Basin, El Tatio, Chile. A slope is hiding
the feature's broken sinter cone.
 Alan
 Alan Glennon
UCSB Geography

 On 11/11/05, Pat Snyder <riozafiro at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Well, it's late fall and time for things other than geyser reports to
> show up on the list, so here's my contribution for the season:
>
> Last week I did a search on my computer for "geyser" to help organize
> my photographs and lo and behold, this photo, called High Geyser
> Chile, shows up in my search results:
>
>
>
> It was quite a surprise, knowing I had never been to Chile (at least
> not as I recall, ha ha).
>
> After looking through my folders, it turns out that this was in a
> portfolio of pictures by a photographer named James Beal, and, of all
> places, it was installed when I also installed Roxio Toast, the
> program I use for burning CDs. I have no idea why this person's
> photos were packaged with a CD burning program, and it is a little
> odd that a geyser photo would be part of the group Beal selected to
> give to Roxio for the CD.
>
> Turns out there's a little biography of James Beal included in the
> folder, and he is apparently quite the accomplished photographer.
> Here's what it says about his travels to Chile:
> "In 1993, Beal was hired to accompany a group of river guides on
> an exploratory trip of uncharted rivers in the Amazon basin of
> Ecuador. From Ecuador, he traveled south to Chile where he would
> stay for four years. When James was not running rivers in Patagonia,
> he photographed for international magazines, mining companies and
> advertising agencies. In August of 1996, he was commissioned by the
> British organization Operation Raleigh. For the next year, Beal
> traveled the length of Patagonia to document the progress of nine
> projects. These efforts ranged from building structures in rural
> communities to scaling snow-capped peaks and glaciers. The images
> Beal captured were used as promotional images for the many sponsors
> of the two expeditions both in Chile and overseas in Britain."
>
> Beal now lives in New Hampshire, so it says, but the link to his web
> site, www.jamesbealphoto,com, doesn't work. And that's all I know
> about this geyser picture--is it most likely El Tatio? And has anyone
> seen other Chile geyser photos by Beal?
>
> Anyway, just thought I would share it with the group.
> Pat S.
>
>
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