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[–] Cl1nk 5 points 10 months ago

Great picture! I'm surprised that I've never seen a modern photo of the Chinampas (that aren't from Xochimilco) I always thought the system came in desuse way before the times, or that the city someone engulfed most of the lake by the time the technology existed.