Rain Catcher on El Panecillo, Quito, Ecuador

by Al Bourassa

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Rain Catcher on El Panecillo, Quito, Ecuador

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Al Bourassa

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Photograph - Photographic Artworks

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Shot taken April 6, 2010 in the capital, Quito, Ecuador below the statue that guards over Quito when I spotted this young girl collecting raindrops on her tongue. This day I had decided I would have a close-up look of the Virgen De El Panecillo. This is an aluminum statue of the Virgin Mary made of panels about 18 inches square all bolted together that sits on a high round hill, like a small bread, (hence the name) and overlooks the city of Quito. The statue is 30 meters tall on an 11 meter base, weighing 124,000 kgs. You can enter the base and go up into the ball and exit onto the small terrace that surrounds it. Part of the base has several gorgeous stained glass windows. The view is a 360 panorama of the city where you can easily see several of Quito’s 76 churches.
El Panecillo (from Spanish panecillo small piece of bread) is a 200-meter-high volcanic-origin hill, between southern and central Quito.
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