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A view from Panajachel toward the west end of Lake Atitlán.
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán, [atiˈtlan]) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The lake has a maximum depth of about 340 metres (1,120 ft) and an average depth of 220 metres (720 ft). Its surface area is 130.1 km2 (50.2 sq mi). It is approximately 18 km × 8 km (11.2 mi × 5.0 mi) with around 20 km3 (4.8 cu mi) of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, feeding into two nearby rivers rather than draining into the ocean. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua. It should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, and is one of Guatemala's most important national and international tourist attractions. German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt called it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it in his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."
—from Wikipedia
Shot though an airplane window, flying into Guatemala City, the flight was delayed because of a sinkhole at the airport in Guatemala, it took 4 hours before flights resumed, immigration was pure mayhem, it took 2 more hours, once outside, there are no taxis anymore, you have to trust ride hawkers, and negotiate a price with a private driver who has no idea how to get to your destination, which was supposed to be only 40 minutes away, it took another 2 hours with traffic and feeding the hawker and driver with a Dominos Pizza in the most heavily fortified strip mall I have ever seen.... oh the joys of third world travel, there I was thinking, when I booked the ticket, I would arrive plenty of time on the ground to explore and and have a blue hour shoot.
esta esta recien salida del horno, madrugamos hoy domingo 28 a las 5 am con un gran amigo y pues después de una pequeña post-producción aquí la tienen.
mi mejor foto de amati.
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This is a taste from Guatemala.
Lake Amatitlan.
Thanks to all my contacts for your visits and comments.
A view across Lake Atitlán from Panajachel to Volcán San Pedro.
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán, [atiˈtlan]) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The lake has a maximum depth of about 340 metres (1,120 ft) and an average depth of 220 metres (720 ft). Its surface area is 130.1 km2 (50.2 sq mi). It is approximately 18 km × 8 km (11.2 mi × 5.0 mi) with around 20 km3 (4.8 cu mi) of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, feeding into two nearby rivers rather than draining into the ocean. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua. It should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, and is one of Guatemala's most important national and international tourist attractions. German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt called it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it in his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."
—from Wikipedia
Amatitlan Lake in Guatemala
Ganadora del 1er. Lugar del Club Fotográfico de Guatemala enero 2008
y del 2do. Lugar a mejor fotografia del año 2008
Desde niña siempre me ha gustado salir a ver el cielo , un amanecer , atardecer y sobre todo ver la Luna llena . Cada uno es diferente nunca hay uno igual . Me parece que es un agradecer por iniciar y terminar el día . Es increíble que pasen desapercibidos estos momentos que son gratuitos , regalos de la Naturaleza que no escatima en mostrarnos todo su esplendor,,,
Haber que opinan ustedes ? ... si ofendo a alguíen una disculpa
Disculpe que no me levante" Groucho Marx
“Si quereis los mayores elogios moríos” Enrique Jardiel Poncela
“Si no viví más fue porque no me dio tiempo” El Marqués de Sade
Eso es todo amigos - Mel Blanc
"Piensa, mortal,
quienquiera que tú fueres,
que fui lo que tú eres.
No hay edad prefijada;
tal vez seas hoy
lo que yo soy.
No te importe mi nombre,
tan siquiera, yace aquí
quien te espera"
Anónimo
Mis fávoritos =)
"No son muertos los que yacen en la tumba fría, muertos son los que tienen el alma muerta y viven todavía"
"Las lágrimas más tristes que se lloran sobre las tumbas son por las palabras que nunca se dijeron
No me busques en mi cuerpo esta noche, Habré salido a recoger Flores al campo, ya es primavera... Traeré geranios y violetas, llenaré nuestra cama de jazmines y tus ojos de rocío, rocío de rosas frescas. No me busques en mi cuerpo esta noche... Pero deja la ventana abierta
Desde el Mirador de Santa Elena Barillas la vista al lago de Amatitlan con los volcanes al fondo es ESPECTACULAR!!!!
El lago de Amatitlán es un lago situado entre los municipios de Amatitlán, Petapa, y Villa Canales en el sur del Departamento de Guatemala, a unos 28 km de la Ciudad de Guatemala. Posee 15,2 km² y una longitud máxima de 12 km y una anchura máxima de 5 km. Su forma es como "un ocho alargado", y en su parte más estrecha (de unos 200 m) se construyó un "relleno" para dar paso a la vía férrea hacia el sur del país a principios del siglo XX. Su profundidad máxima era estimada en unos 40 m, aunque no se tienen datos actuales, pues dicha profundidad ha variado debido al asolvamiento, por la gran cantidad de sedimentos que entran en sus aguas a través del río Villa Lobos (sú único afluente) Desagua a través del río Michatoya el cual es parte de la cuenca del Pacífico y desemboca en este océano.
Entre sus características, está su función como centro recreativo, de producción y fuente de energía eléctrica.
Se halla situado a 1.188 msnm, Lat 14°27'50" , Long 90°36’10” aprox. En la actualidad, recibe como afluentes únicamente aguas negras tanto en época seca como tiempo de lluvia, las que van a dar a su cuenca, su nivel es ahora de 1.16 m aprox. más bajo de lo que ha sido normal, según información del Instituto Nacional de Electrificación (INDE), que utiliza sus aguas para mover turbinas de una generadora de energía hidroeléctrica situada en el río Michatoya (Jurún Marinalá).
Después de varios estudios realizados, aunque no de manera exhaustiva, el lago corre el riesgo de desaparecer a largo plazo si no se toman las medidas proteccionistas adecuadas es decir, su desaparición no es inminente de acuerdo con el ciclo hidrológico que mantiene el equilibrio lacustre. Sabido es que el lago constituyó esencialmente una fuente de recursos de pesca durante el período hispánico, así como su cuenca fue la región predominantemente productora de la cochinilla,principal elemento de exportación cuando ese colorante no había sido substituido por los químicos industriales que se introdujeron con posterioridad.
Entre sus características, está su función como centro recreativo, de producción y fuente de energía eléctrica. Desde el punto de vista hidrológico, entre otros factores merecen mención fenómenos que inciden en perjuicio del lago,como son la erosión y el asolvamiento como consecuencia de las sedimentaciones arrastradas por su principal corriente surtidora, o sea el río Villalobos. Es en este sentido que la sedimentación ha formado una especie de delta con una proporción de un tercio de kilómetro, más o menos. Como afluente del lago durante el período de lluvias o invierno, el Villalobos conduce al lago un promedio de 500 millones de m³ de agua por año, pero al mismo tiempo y como consecuencia de la erosión determinada por la deforestación, se lleva miles de m³ de materia que causa sedimentación y erosión. Se ha estimado que entre la proporción de agua que recibe el lago por afluencia del Villalobos y la precipitación y el agua que pierde por evaporación y desagüe, hay un volumen permanente de unos 125 millones de m³ .
View from the plane just before landing in Guatemala City. You can see Lago Amatitlán and Volcán Pacaya with a little puff of smoke coming out of it. Shot with Sony RX100v.
Lago Atitlan, Guatemala.
Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America with a maximum depth of about 340 metres (1,120 ft)[1] with an average depth of 220 metres (720 ft).[2] Its surface area is 130.1 km2 (50.2 sq mi).[1] It is approximately 12 x 5 km with around 20 km3 of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, feeding into two nearby rivers rather than draining into the ocean. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua. It should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world and is Guatemala's most important national and international tourist attraction. German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt called it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it in his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."
Three volcanos, guardians of the Guatemala City, there is the Amatitlan lake too.
A pano of five horizontal photographs using my Nikkor 70-200 f2.8
Una vista del lago de Amatitlan y de su entorno de montañas y volcanes desde Sanata Elena Barillas, especificamente desde San Gregorio
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range. It is in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala. "Atitlan" means "at the water" in Nahuatl.
Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America with a maximum depth of about 340 metres. It is approximately 12 x 5 km with around 20 km3 of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, as it does not drain into the ocean, but substantial seepage feeds two nearby rivers. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres west-northwest of Antigua; it should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world; German explorer Alexander von Humboldt is the earliest prominent foreigner to be quoted as calling it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."
The first volcanic activity in the region occurred about 11 million years ago, and since then has seen four separate episodes of volcanic growth and caldera collapse, the most recent of which began about 1.8 million years ago and culminated in the formation of the present caldera. The lake now fills a large part of the caldera, reaching depths of up to 600 metres.
The caldera-forming eruption is known as Los Chocoyos eruption and ejected up to 300 km3 of tephra. The enormous eruption dispersed ash over an area of some 6 million km²: it has been detected from Florida to Ecuador, and can be used as a stratigraphic marker in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans (known as Y-8 ash in marine deposits). A chocoyo is a type of bird which is often found nesting in the relatively soft ash layer.
Since the end of Los Chocoyos, continuing volcanic activity has built three volcanoes in the caldera. Volcán Atitlán lies on the southern rim of the caldera, while Volcán San Pedro and Volcán Tolimán lie within the caldera. San Pedro is the oldest of the three and seems to have stopped erupting about 40,000 years ago. Tolimán began growing after San Pedro stopped erupting, and probably remains active, although it has not erupted in historic times. Atitlán has developed almost entirely in the last 10,000 years and remains active, with its most recent eruption having occurred in 1853.
On February 4, 1976, a massive earthquake (magnitude 7.5) struck Guatemala, killing more than 26,000 people. The earthquake fractured the lake bed and caused subsurface drainage from the lake, allowing the water level to drop two meters within one month.
El teleférico, ubicado en amatitlan, ofrece un viaje sin igual en el que se puede apreciar el pueblo y el lago de Amatitlán, además hay el viaje finaliza en el Parque Naciones Unidas en el que se puede hacer un dia de paseo con la familia.
Lake Atitlán (Spanish: Lago de Atitlán) is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range. It is in the Sololá Department of northern Guatemala. "Atitlan" means "at the water" in Nahuatl.
Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America with a maximum depth of about 340 metres. It is approximately 12 x 5 km with around 20 km3 of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, as it does not drain into the ocean, but substantial seepage feeds two nearby rivers. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres west-northwest of Antigua; it should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world; German explorer Alexander von Humboldt is the earliest prominent foreigner to be quoted as calling it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."
The first volcanic activity in the region occurred about 11 million years ago, and since then has seen four separate episodes of volcanic growth and caldera collapse, the most recent of which began about 1.8 million years ago and culminated in the formation of the present caldera. The lake now fills a large part of the caldera, reaching depths of up to 600 metres.
The caldera-forming eruption is known as Los Chocoyos eruption and ejected up to 300 km3 of tephra. The enormous eruption dispersed ash over an area of some 6 million km²: it has been detected from Florida to Ecuador, and can be used as a stratigraphic marker in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans (known as Y-8 ash in marine deposits). A chocoyo is a type of bird which is often found nesting in the relatively soft ash layer.
Since the end of Los Chocoyos, continuing volcanic activity has built three volcanoes in the caldera. Volcán Atitlán lies on the southern rim of the caldera, while Volcán San Pedro and Volcán Tolimán lie within the caldera. San Pedro is the oldest of the three and seems to have stopped erupting about 40,000 years ago. Tolimán began growing after San Pedro stopped erupting, and probably remains active, although it has not erupted in historic times. Atitlán has developed almost entirely in the last 10,000 years and remains active, with its most recent eruption having occurred in 1853.
On February 4, 1976, a massive earthquake (magnitude 7.5) struck Guatemala, killing more than 26,000 people. The earthquake fractured the lake bed and caused subsurface drainage from the lake, allowing the water level to drop two meters within one month.
El lago de Amatitlán es un lago de cráter situado en Guatemala. Se encuentra a 25 km de la Ciudad de Guatemala, a una altitud de 1186 msnm. Tiene 12 km de largo, 3 km de ancho, y una supeficie de 15.2 km². Su profundidad máxima es de 33 m y su profundidad media es 18 m. El volumen del cuerpo de agua es aproximadamente 0.286 km³.
El significado de la palabra Amatitlán, deriva etimológicamente de la lengua náhuatl, es un topónimo aglutinado que se estructura en la siguiente forma :
Amatl = "Amate" o "Amatle" (Ficus glabrata).
Titlan = "entre" o "rodeado"
La palabra Amatl = "amate", pierde su terminación "tl" para unirse con la palabra titlan = "entre" o "rodeado", por lo tanto, la palabra Amatitlán se traduce como: "Entre amates" o "Rodeado de amates".
El lago de Amatitlán tiene su origen en la Era Cuaternaria y su formación se debe a los movimientos tecto-volcánicos ocurridos en el área y provocados por los volcanes de Pacaya, Agua, Fuego y Acatenango. Durante esa época, su extensión era de aproximadamente 80km2 , ocupando la superficie de los municipios de Amatitlán, Villa Nueva y Villa Canales ya que se han encontrado fósiles de caracoles y pequeños esqueletos de peces durante excavaciones realizadas en esos lugares a principios de siglo. Durante la época precolombina, el lago fue la fuente principal de abastecimiento de agua y de alimento para las tribus Pocomam asentadas a su alrededor.
Lake Atitlán is the deepest lake in Central America with a maximum depth of about 340 metres (1,120 ft)[1] with an average depth of 220 metres (720 ft).[2] Its surface area is 130.1 km2 (50.2 sq mi).[1] It is approximately 12 x 5 km with around 20 km3 of water. Atitlán is technically an endorheic lake, feeding into two nearby rivers rather than draining into the ocean. It is shaped by deep surrounding escarpments and three volcanoes on its southern flank. The lake basin is volcanic in origin, filling an enormous caldera formed by an eruption 84,000 years ago. The culture of the towns and villages surrounding Lake Atitlán is influenced by the Maya people. The lake is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua. It should not be confused with the smaller Lake Amatitlán.
Lake Atitlán is renowned as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world and is Guatemala's most important national and international tourist attraction. German explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt called it "the most beautiful lake in the world," and Aldous Huxley famously wrote of it in his 1934 travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing."