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Views of Chile |
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The Atacama Desert |
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In recorded history, it has only rain once in this driest of deserts between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes of Chile. The eerily beautiful landscape includes lagoons, dunes, volcanoes, salt flats, hot springs, rivers, and ravines. |
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River through the Atacama near Calama, Chile |
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Chilean altiplano (moss) |
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El Tatio Geyser 3 hrs fromSan Pedro de Atacama, Chile |
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Valley of the Moon, Chile |
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The plains of Porte Zuelo del Cajon with the Andes in the distance, including the 19,409 foot high Licancabur volcano, Chile |
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Salt in the Atacama, Chile |
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Licancabur volcano (19,409 ft.), Chile |
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Salt Lake in the Atacama Desert, Chile |
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A smoking volcano across a salt flat |
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Cacti of the Atacama, Chile |
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