our thoughts are with chile

This morning, our minds are drawn back to the beautiful, amazing, awe-inspiring nation of Chile, which was rocked by an 8.8-mag. earthquake in the early hours of today. So far, it sounds as though the death toll is low, surprisingly -- probably in great part due to the modernization and solid building structures found in the busy, busy capital city of Santiago. Our hope and prayer is that it remains that way and that the more humble, coastal towns like Coronel, Puerto Montt and Vina del Mar remain safe from the tsunami threat...

A look back @ Chile, from our cruise there last year.




Our friends traveled there far more recently. You ought to take a look at the Schmutz's photos while you're browsing...

Colors of S.A.

Uh oh. The rules have been broken. Normally pix like these ones, which Bex shot in Santiago, Chile, would go on our travelog, but I was compelled to show these off because of the exceptional color captured on our 30D. Dodging and burning helped tweak the first two, the 3rd and 4th are unedited, and the 5th was treated the same as our water and penguin shots on an earlier post.