夜のウユニ塩湖に広がる天の川、一生に一度は見てみたい極上の景色

日本でも絶景の観光地として有名なボリビア・”ウユニ塩湖”だが、条件が完璧にそろった天の川を映し出す景色は格別だ。この写真はロシアの写真家”Daniel Kordan”さんが撮影した作品。

It was incredible experience to drive in the night on the flooded Uyuni salt flats. Literally you can't see a thing, just absolutely black tunnel in front of your car. What you feel is just how your car going through the mess of water and salt. It's very easy to get stuck on the dangerous surface. Usually it's up to 5-10 cm of water above the salt, but sometimes it go deeper. We made a gps track during the daytime to this exact place and followed it precisely in the night. Danielkordan.com #Uyuni #Bolivia

Daniel Kordanさん(@danielkordan)が投稿した写真 - 2016 7月 23 11:32午前 PDT

No doubts it was one of the best nights I've ever had in my life! Completely tired, we scratched ourselves from our beds and started to salar Uyuni. It was hard to believe our eyes and senses. It seemed that we float in the open space. Our spaceship is parked in a distance, and stars are blinking with blue, red and yellow colors. You stand in the deep night with stars above you, aside from you and underneath! It's space on Earth, isn't it? Expedition to Altiplano with DanielKordan.com f/2.8 / 30 s / ISO: 4000 Nikon D810A + AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED #Bolivia #Altiplano #uyuni #uyunisaltflats

Daniel Kordanさん(@danielkordan)が投稿した写真 - 2016 7月 8 12:03午後 PDT

こんなに美しい姿のウユニ塩湖はいつも見られるわけではない。通常ウユニ塩湖に水は無く文字通り”塩”が延々と続く”塩湖”、しかし、雨が降ると、塩の表面にうっすらと水の膜が出来上がる。要はおおきな水たまりだ。なので、この景色を見るためには

・直前に雨が降っている
・夜には晴れている
・風がない

等の気象条件が重なって初めて見られる光景、ウユニ塩湖を訪れた際にこの条件を満たさなければならない。一般人にとってはこの景色、一生に一度でも見られれば幸運なのだ。

写真家の”Daniel Kordan”さんはウユニの他にも世界中の美しい景色をWEB上で公開している。

▼北極圏

I have arrived safely to Svalbard today. Tomorrow morning we start the first part of our "Two poles" photography expedition. We sail for 2 weeks around Svalbard, then continue to Greenland and then to Antarctica on our arctic yacht Peter-1. I made this panorama last year during West Greenland tour with the same yacht. Wish us good luck, it's incredible journey around our planet. For those willing to join Antarctica part of voyage, I have 2 spots left. Other voyage parts are sold out. More info and dates are at DanielKordan.com #Greenland

Daniel Kordanさん(@danielkordan)が投稿した写真 - 2016 7月 10 9:20午前 PDT

▼チリ・ラウカナショナルパーク

Sajama was our last stop in Bolivia. My expedition route led us to Lauca park in Chile. We crossed the busy pass to Lauca early in the morning, avoiding crazy numbers of trucks. Here I changed a car from Bolivian Land Cruiser to Nissan Patrol. Lauca is a beautiful place if you turn offroad. We had incredible offroad adventures climbing even up to 4800 m in Lauca! Here is one of amazing spots we reached the first evening: overlooking Pomerape and Parinacota volcanoes. What you see on foreground is called yareta, it's very strange plant growing everywhere in Lauca. It reminds me of a Shrek movie :) Altiplano expedition with Danielkordan.com #chile #Bolivia #Altiplano #Lauca #Parinacota #pomerape #yareta

Daniel Kordanさん(@danielkordan)が投稿した写真 - 2016 7月 27 10:27午前 PDT

この様に、様々な美しい景色を写真に収めている。
美しい景色に癒されたい時は必見だ。