Chile, aerial view of sodium nitrate mining and processing facilities

October 12, 1937 - Flight from Arica to Antofagasta, Chile, with detour over The nitrate desert. La Noria, Chile: View southward along the western border of the nitrate basin. The railroad, a town in the distance, and two nitrate processing plants. 7800 feet. 09:57.Photographer's Note data comes from typed journals: 'Title List, Dr. and Mrs. Light's Central and South American Photographs, 1937. Part I Aerial Photographs made with the Fairchild F-8, 5 x 7 in. Roll Film Camera.'Grayscal