Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy. It is the Chilean naval training ship. Vessel’s Details: Ship Type: Sailing vessel Year Built: 1946 Length: 113 meters Beam: 13.11 meters Maximum draught: 7 meters Stanchion: 8.7 meters Gunwale height: 5.3 meters Maximum displacement: 3,673 tons Maximum engine speed: 13 knots Maximum sail speed: 17.5 knots Armament:...

Salar de Uyuni is covering 10,582 square kilometers in the Potosi region. The salt is over 10 meters thick in the center. Some 40.000 years ago, the area was part of Lake Minchin, a giant prehistoric lake. When the lake dried, it left behind two modern lakes, Poopó and Uru Uru, and two major salt deserts, Salar de Coipasa and the larger Salar de Uyuni. It is one of the landscapes on planet Earth where...