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I'll start:

SH-A:
It came, it saw, it deforested.
 
Looks like your land surveyors are doing a very primitive form of ground penetrating radar...without the imaging. And monostatically.

Interesting.
 
I am speachless or just about. It's so beautiful. So why the surveying, what for? The lakes, are they clean? Are there fish? Does it rain much? What does the town look like and how long are you and your family there for? Oh, I think I should deliver all knives in person!:thumbup: :D What is the culture like?
 
Mrs. Skunk said:
I am speachless or just about. It's so beautiful. So why the surveying, what for? The lakes, are they clean? Are there fish? Does it rain much? What does the town look like and how long are you and your family there for? Oh, I think I should deliver all knives in person!:thumbup: :D What is the culture like?
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This is a type of geophysical survey that measures the ground's response to a large applied electromagetic field. Certain types of rocks are conductive and will create their own secondary electromagnetic field as a response to this large applied primary field, sometimes these conductive rocks are host to minerals that contain valuable base and precious metals such as gold, nickel, copper, lead, etc.

The photo below shows part of the goldmine just to the south, this is the second largest goldmine in the world, and last year had the highest production of any gold mine in the world (3 million ounces).

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It rains about 1.5m a year here, but mostly during the wet season from Nov-April, lots of flash floods and thunder/lightning storms.

The lakes are clean at these elevations although I will only drink from artesian springs when in the field (you wouldn't know it from the photos but there are a fair number of people and cattle around, where there are people and cattle there is usually bad water). Most of the lakes have small lake trout that rarely get larger than 8-10", fresh water fishing isn't really popular here as there is absolutely fantastic seafood at the coast which is only a 3.5 hour drive to the west.

The city has a population of around 130,000 and is quite steeped in history. The Spanish kidnapped the last Inca king here (Atahuallpa) in the 1500's and held him for ransom for gold and silver, as well as slaughtering some 60,000 people in the name of christianity and the catholic church. 168 Spaniards slew over 7000 unarmed indians (Incas) on the first day of the battle (massacre) alone with their canon volleys into the crowds. After the ransom was paid the Spaniards killed the Inca king anyhow, strangling him to death in the main square of the city, thus putting an end to the Inca Empire.

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/cajamarca_battle.html

I've been here off and on for 4.5 years, I met a girl here when I first arrived and we got hitched 2.5 years ago, no kids yet!

Mrs Skunk you are more than welcome to hand deliver my next INFI purchase to Peru anytime !
 
WOW and then WOW some more :eek: !!! Now, I have to forget about all this beauty while at the office or else I will call in sick and just fly over there ;) ...
 
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