The interior of the Catedral de Sal or the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, located about 49 kilometres north of the Capital city of Bogota, at an altitude of 2652 metres above sea level on the Andes, in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia, South America. The new Cathedral, located several hundred feet below the surface of the earth, in an old Halite salt mine, has been built about 200 feet below the older one. It was completed in 1995. Lit by LED lights which continuously change colour, the church is a popular tourist and pilgrimage destination. The mines have been excavated from pre-Colombian times by the Muisca people going back to the 5th Century BC. Photo shows one of the Stations of the Cross; in the background is an old mine shaft. Shot in horizontal format, the photo has been taken with the camera on a tripod, and a slow shutter speed. No people. Copy Space. © Mano Chandra Dhas