After the summer

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watermedia sobre papel 15x20 cm

Open sky salt mine, after summer harvest.



Salt mine

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Salinas, Rio Maior, Portugal

Watercolour, 6'x8'

Rio Maior has been exploring for centuries a curious set of rock salt mines, the unique in the interior of the country.

Millions of years ago, the sea has receded a lot and probably a lake ended up drying, becoming a salt mine where the salt is seven times more mineralized than in the coastline.

Tagus River

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A simple sketch, trying to get the cool feeling of the day.

Nations Park, Lisbon, by the Tagus River.

In the background there's one of the longest bridges in Europe, Vasco da Gama bridge, a total about 17,2 Km, and 12,3 Km over water.