We went through Zipaquira on our way to Bogota. It was an interesting stop- even through we are pastafarian, the engineering and art in this mine was quite fascinating to us.
 Salt, precipitating on the walls.
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 Tunnel wall, reinforced with steel and small tree trunks.
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 Looking down a long tunnel. The light at the end of the tunnel is the miner's office.
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 Drilling marks in the tunnel wall.
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 Inverse cross.
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 Dome ceiling.
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 Actual lighting on ceiling.
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 Large inverse cross.
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 Carved ceiling.
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 Monument to the miners.
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 Drill.
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 Huge column. About 40 feet around, 40 feet high.
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 Dome.
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 Stairs of penance.
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 Old mining cart.
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