What could be more straightforward than a view of sheets hanging out to dry in the sun?

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There is no sign to mark it, just a sprawl of heavy, dark, tropical hardwood left to dry and age in the sun and a couple of half-finished canoes in front of the open-air shed where he does his work.

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These salt "flowers" are laid in the sun to dry for a year.

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