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Seaweed drying outside harvestor's hut, Playa Blanca, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile

Seaweed drying outside harvestor's hut, Playa Blanca, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile

Seaweed harvesting (especially kelp / Macrocystis species, called huiro locally) is a common form of employment on parts of Chile's Atacama coast. In the Huasco area it is dried and processed then exported to Japan, mainly for use in cosmetics.
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