This is a nighttime time exposure of the big heated natural mineral spring pool at the Gran Hotel de Chillan. The water was a little stinky (all the sulfur) but after only 15 minutes in it, I suddenly noticed that all the kinks in my muscles were gone, and my legs were melting like taffy on a hot dashboard.
Just to the left of the big central waterfall are semi-submerged lounge chairs. I laid back in them, hit the button behind me to start the air compressor working to start the bubbling jacuzzi effect, and then laid back and looked up at the crystal-pure sky and watched the Southern Cross and other unfamiliar constellations wheel overhead. The Milky Way was so close I felt that I could reach out and touch it…