La Serena Sunrise
La Serena, Chile. The rising sunlight shines on a calm Pacific beach. Taken April 29, 2013.
Plaza de Armas, La Serena
La Serena, Chile. Streets around the Plaza de Armas in La Serena. Taken May 4, 2013.
La Serena street scene
La Serena, Chile. Streets around the Plaza de Armas in La Serena. Taken May 4, 2013.
Plaza de Armas, La Serena
La Serena, Chile. Streets around the Plaza de Armas in La Serena. Taken May 4, 2013.
Plaza de Armas, La Serena
La Serena, Chile. Streets around the Plaza de Armas in La Serena. Taken May 4, 2013.
Harvest
Down from the inner Elqui Valley, the agricultural production shifts to vegetables, flowers and other horticulture. Farms are smaller here, but still almost wholly reliant on irrigation. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina cuts flowers
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina and her flowers
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Dina Cifuentes
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Flowers and Hands
Elqui Valley Chile. Dina Cifuentes is a smallscale farmer who grows flower and vegetables. Taken May 3, 2013.
Drying Grapes
Elqui Valley, Chile. If you live in the U.S. and you’re buying grapes at the supermarket right now, they most likely come from Chile. Taken May 2, 2013.
Readying for Winter
Elqui Valley, Chile. If you live in the U.S. and you’re buying grapes at the supermarket right now, they most likely come from Chile. Most of the table grapes at Fundo Algorrobal have been harvested. Taken May 2, 2013.
Bruno Espinoza Moran
Elqui, Coquimbo Chile : General manager of the Fundo El Algarrobal vineyard in the Elqui Valley, which has a sophisticated strategy of water management and conservation, placing high value on the accuracy of time-ahead information. Photo taken May 2, 2013.
Fundo El Algarrobal
Elqui Valley, Chile. We spent the day in grape country. The Elqui Valley is home to dozens of vineyards, some small, mostly large scale operations such as the Fundo El Algorrobal, which has built its own reservoir to hedge against droughts. Taken May 2, 2013.