Hierve el Agua Pool
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Hierve el Agua Pool
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Hierve el Agua (Spanish for "the water boils") are natural rock formations in the Mexican state of Oaxaca that resemble cascades of water. This is one of the natural pools and in the next image "Hierve el Agua Full Cascada" you see how the "waterfall" looks from the valley below.
The site is located about 70 km east of Oaxaca city in the municipality of San Lorenzo Albarradas, with a narrow, winding unpaved road leading to the site. It consists of two rock shelves or cliffs which rise between fifty and ninety meters from the valley below. These white rock formations look like waterfalls. They are created by fresh water springs, whose water is over-saturated with calcium carbonate and other minerals. As the water drips over the cliffs, the excess minerals are deposited, much like the way stalactites are formed in caves. One of the cliffs, called the "cascada chica" (small waterfall) or the Amphitheatre, contains two large artificial pools for swimming as well as a number of small natural pools. One of the artificial pools is very near the edge of the cliff.
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January 13th, 2015
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Comments (31)
James Brunker
Very nice! Remember going this place on a local bus back in 1998 after seeing a not v good postcard of it in Oaxaca, and staying for a few days as it was much more impressive and extensive than the card suggested
Greta Foose
Love the starkness of the tree coming from the warmth of the rocks and the color of the water is amazing.
Larry Kniskern
Jurgen – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the December "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Jurgen – your bare tree scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "Special Feature Archive Discussion" in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art Group. You can do that in the specific "SPECIAL FEATURES NOMINATIONS - VOL 7” discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Lorena, thank you so much for the feature in the group MEXICO AND MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART!
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