el flujo olvidado que atraviesa el corazón palpitante de Colombia
(Proyecto en desarrollo – las galerías todavía no han sido habilitados).
Alto Magdalena
Magdalena Medio
Puerto Wilches • SantanderPuerto Triunfo • AntioquiaPuerto Wilches • SantanderCiénaga de ZapatosoCiénaga LlanitoSantanderSan Pablo • BolívarPuerto Wilches • SantanderCocoi Heron– “sombrero vueltiao”.Monterrey • BolívarLa Virgin de • El Banco El Banco • Hacienda Napoles, Puerto Triunfo • AntioquiaRubbish washed-up on the banks of the Magdalena River.Chimichagua • Ciénaga de ZapatosaNeotropical CormorantsA tugboat which transports crude oil to the Ecopetrol oil refinery in the port of Cartagena. The tugs are really the only boats that use the river which was once the main artery of the country.Clouds and the River Magdalena.A soldier on the deck of a tugboat which transports crude oil to the Ecopetrol oil refinery in the port of Cartagena. The tugs are always accompanied by soldiers who will respond if the boats are attacked. The tugs are really the only boats that use the river which was once the main artery of the country.A neotropical cormorant on the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.A cat climbs a post while fishermen prepare their lunch on a branch of the Magdalena River.Two boys, one apparently with camouflage paint sleep on a jetty of the Magdalena River.A ranch worker herds water buffalo in the Sabana de Torres municipality in the Magdalena River valley in Santander Department. The buffalo are principally reared for their milk.A hotel lobby in the town of El Banco.A man walks along the quayside in a traditional “sombrero vueltiao”.A woman miner rests in a gold mine in Bolívar Department on the banks of the Magdalena River.Fishermen on the Ciénaga Llanito swamp fish using a traditional technique – el corral – where they make a circle of boats and cast their nets.Sabana de Torres • SantanderA man dances with two small girls on the quayside of the River Magdalena.A light breeze ripples the water surface of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh which covers 40,000 hectares and holds some 1,000 million cubic metres of water.Ducks take flight in a scramble from the waters of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.A fisherman seals his canoe with bitumen and hemp chord in the village of Chimichagua on the shores of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.A woman passenger with a french poodle in a nappy on the quayside.A fisherman on the Ciénaga Llanito marsh.Artisan fishermen on the Ciénaga Llanito marsh.The eye of a blanquillo fish.Sunrise over the Ciénaga Llanito marsh north of the city of Barrancabermeja.A tree stands in the waters of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh. The swamp in the Mompox depression covers 40,000 hectares and holds around 1,000 million cubic mores of water.A fishermen punts a canoe on the Ciénaga Llanito marsh.A tree stands in the waters of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh. The swamp in the Mompox depression covers 40,000 hectares and holds around 1,000 million cubic mores of water.River water turbulence behind a tugboat which transports crude oil to the Ecopetrol oil refinery in the port of Cartagena. The tugs are one of the very few boats to use the Magdalena River to transport goods.A roseate spoonbill in the Zapatosa marsh.An up-market apartment block with a swimming pool next to the Magdalena River – seen in the background.The Barrancabermeja quayside.A man takes sand, which is used for building, from the river floor of the Magdalena River. In the background is the city’s Ecopetrol oil refinery.Water buffalo • Sabana de Torres, SantanderRanch worker on a water buffalo ranch in the Sabana de Torres municipality in the Magdalena River valley in Santander Department.
Bajo Magdalena
A man punts a boat on a marsh close to Mompox.A terra-cotta colored painted wall of a traditional colonial home in the town of Mompox.A french poodle sits in the window of a colonial house in the town of Mompox.A cardboard cutout of a Liberal candidate for the local municipal elections. The Liberal party is particularly strong in the less conservative region of the coast of Colombia.A car ferry which runs the route between Magangué and the island on which Mompox stands.A street vendor sells sunglasses on the street.A poster of Álvaro Uribe Vélez (President 2002-2010) and Juan Manuela santo (President 2010- ).A restaurant & a branch of the Magdalena. Once the town was on the river itself but this changed course leaving the town somewhat isolated.A street in the colonial town of Mompox.Unloading sacks of rice in the river port of Magangué.The town of Mompox.An eagle over the Ciénaga de Zapatoso marsh.A cyclist rides along the river bank.A dog watches a client of a street food stall in the town of Mompox.Cattle and land used for grazing cattle.A church drawn in the cement of a wall in the town of Mompox.The town of Calamar on the River Magdalena.Cycle rickshaw riders in the town of Calamar.A state of the so-called Liberator, Simón Bolívar in the town of Mompox.Men by a monument of a Catholic saint.A shower of rain falls on the area called the Mompox Depression – a flood plain of the River Magdalena.A neotropical cormorant on the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.A cormorant catches fish in the river.A cow wades through swampland.Fisherman in a canoe at dusk on the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.The Canal del Dique, a 113 kilometre canal which runs between the Calamar (seen here) on the River Magdalena and the port of Cartagena.A dog and an ice-cream vendor on a bicycle in the village of Chimichagua on the shores of the Ciénaga de Zapatosa marsh.Sunrise over the Ciénaga Llanito marsh north of the city of Barrancabermeja.There still water of a branch of the Magdalena River.The river seem from a helicopter.·
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