Water without apparent life

2015

Water without apparent life

Photography

2015


Description

Images of diapositives of Rio Tinto (Huelva, Spain) screened on a wall plastered with clay and organic fiber.

Exhibition

Hot water : Water, Peace & War
March 27 – 29, 2015
water-wheel.net (Online)

River named after the rusty color of its water. Tinto in Spanish is used for the red wine (vino tinto).

Acidic waters with heavy metals.

This river is in a mining exploitation area.

This river is being examined by astrobiologists as a Mars analogue.

It is an alien environment. They don’t allow apparent life, only extremophile microorganisms can survive.

They are otherworldly, but humans apparently cannot survive in planets other than Earth.

Last update:

August 19, 2024

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