Atacama Desert
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Detail of the Giant of Tarapaca (gigante de Tarapaca) on Cerro Unitas in northern Chile (DJ2_1377.jpg)
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Desert salt grass (Distichlis spicata), a higly salt resistent plant growing at the salt flat of Pintados, Tarapaca Region Chile (Z7B2881.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (D7D0272.jpg)
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Geologist hiking through the interior hyper arid landscape of the Atacama Desert (D2X5663.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (D7D0269.jpg)
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Mars-like hyper arid part of the Atacama desert, without any visible plant life (D2X8872.jpg)
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Ruins of an old railway station building in the Atacama Desert, Estacion Chimbero (D7D5578.jpg)
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The night sky above the Atacama desert is known to be extremely clear and dark, perfect for star gazing. (D5A2971.jpg)
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People in the main street Caracoles at San Pedro de Atacama, with desert tour agencies (D8A9032.jpg)
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Puquios de Llamara, lagoon of gypsum crystals in Salar de Llamara, Atacama desert Chile (D7A6873.jpg)
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Dramatic clouds at sunset, view of a high mountain down to the Pacific ocean, Atacama coast (D7C0534.jpg)
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Presencia Tutelares, sculpture from Juan Diaz Fleming in the Atacama desert near Arica (E2X1537.jpg)
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Salar Grande near Iquique is an important salt mining site, Atacama desert Chile (D5A8957.jpg)
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Mudcracks in a dry riverbed of Atacama desert, Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile (D2X8814.jpg)
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Guillermo Chong and Gerhard Hüdepohl during an expedition to the Atacama desert (D2X5701.jpg)
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Desert salt grass (Distichlis spicata), a higly salt resistent plant growing at the salt flat of Pintados, Tarapaca Region Chile (Z7B2882.jpg)
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Panorama of Atacama desert near Copiapo with vast plains and mountain range at the horizon (D7D5542pano.jpg)
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Camanchaca cloud over the peninsula of Cerro Moreno National Park, Antofagasta (E2X2049.jpg)
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Tourists walking along crest of the big sand dune, Valle de la Luna, San Pedro de Atacama (D2X3921.jpg)
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Detail of old railway steam engine in Atacama desert, historic train station Baquedano (DSC6082.jpg)
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A geoglyph representing a large bird at Cerro Pintados under the night sky with Milky Way, Tarapaca Region Chile (D5E9563.jpg)
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Ancient rock painting near Taltal showing marine mammals, seals. Atacama desert quebrada el Medano (D2X4424.jpg)
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El Medano ancient rock art showing whale hunting scene, Atacama desert near Taltal (D2X4456.jpg)
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Aerial view of air contamination from smelter at Antofagasta La Negra industrial area (DSC3711.jpg)
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Aerial of colorful Andes mountains caused by mineral deposits and volcanism located near Copiapo (IMG_2231.jpg)
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Aerial photo off Prehispanic agricultural field of Llanos de Color, Atacama desert (DJ2_1189.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom with Eulychnia iquiquensis cactus and blue Nolana flower, Paposo Chile (D2X3101.jpg)
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Giant geoglyphs on cerro Mono. Prehispanic art in the Atacama desert of the Tarapaca Region (DJ2_1085.jpg)
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Destruction of historic sites by uncontrolled rubbish dumps. Oficina salitrera in Chile. (D5B6113.jpg)
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Presencia Tutelares, sculpture from Juan Diaz Fleming in the Atacama desert near Arica (E2X1535.jpg)
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Solar-thermal power plant Cerro Dominador, renewable energy in the Atacama Desert (DJI_0681.jpg)
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Car tracks crossing a remote part of the hyper arid untouched Atacama desert (desert-car-tracks.jpg)
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The Giant of Tarapaca (gigante de Tarapaca) on Cerro Unitas in northern Chile is the largest is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic figure in the world (DJ2_1425.jpg)
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Snow penitentes are formed by sun and wind at high altitude in very dry air, Atacama desert (Penitentes2.jpg)
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Aerial view of colorful mineral rich mountains of the Atacama Desert east of Vallenar (IMG_2221.jpg)
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Panorama of the city of Antofagasta with the coastline of Atacama desert, Chile (atacamacoast21.jpg)
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Rare heavy rain fall over the Atacama Desert, with unusual dark clouds, lagoons are forming (D7C7593.jpg)
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Ancient rock painting at Quebrada el Medano, showing a whale hunting scene, Atacama desert near Taltal (D2X4462.jpg)
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Ancient rock paintings at Aldea Taira in the Rio Loa valley of the Atacama desert, Chile (D2X4295.jpg)
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Human foot prints in the desert sand ripples of Valle de la Luna, Atacama desert Chile (D2X3917.jpg)
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Aerial photo of Alto Norte smelter at La Negra industrial area in evening light, Antofagasta (IMG_1107.jpg)
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Valle de la Luna salt mountain formations after sunset with dramatic orange sky (D8A8787.jpg)
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Crystals of Puquios de Llamara fallen dry by pumping water from the lagoon ilegally (E2X1910.jpg)
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Salt spikes created by rare rainfall, Cordillera de la Sal near San Pedro de Atacama (D2X4007.jpg)
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Abandoned gas station at the edge of the salar de Atacama in Chile (deser-petrol-station.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (DSF0117.jpg)
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Ancient rock paintings of Taira in the Rio Loa valley of the Atacama desert, Chile (D2X4292.jpg)
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Desert waterfall and giant cacti in the canyon of Rio Puritama, Atacama desert near San Pedro (D8A8433.jpg)
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Ancient desert art: Petroglyphs under the Milky Way at the La Silla Observatory (Z7A3700.jpg)
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Modern building with desert mountains in the background. City of Antofagasta, Chile (E2X6672.jpg)
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Salar de Llamara gypsum crystals after lagoon was ilegally pumped dry by road construction company in 2007 (P1000443.jpg)
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Gigante de Tarapaca, Atacama giant is the largest antropomorph geoglyph in Chile (D5E9606.jpg)
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Panorama of the Atacama Desert near Copiapo, with salt flat and mountains, Chile (D7D0014pano.jpg)
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Aerial photo of Atacama desert mountains with erosion pattern at evening light (D7C6209.jpg)
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Sculpture Mano del Desierto, by Mario Irarrázabal, at the Panamericana near Antofagasta (ManodeDesierto1.jpg)
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Camanchaca fog creeping over the coastal mountains of the Atacama desert, Chile (F2X8473.jpg)
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Sunset at gypsum crystal lagoon of Puquios de Salar de Llamara, Iquique, Atacama. (D7A6897.jpg)
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Original interior wall painting of shop at a nitrate mining town, Pampa Union Chile (D5B6122.jpg)
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Large geoglyph, probably indicating the route to ancient caravans. Los Pintados, Tarapaca Region (D5E9701.jpg)
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Arid desert landscape of Valle de la Luna or Moon Valley near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (D2X3983.jpg)
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Old underground nitrate mine from the Salitrera epoch in the Atacama desert, Chile (D5A8476.jpg)
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Person at the sulfur fumaroles of Lastarria volcano at 5000 meters altitude, Chile (D8B1401.jpg)
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A giant turtle geoglyph on Cerro Mono, a road marker for ancient caravans. Tarapaca region Chile (DJ2_1112pano.jpg)
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Wind and sand have eroded this rock in the Atacama desert. Ventifact or Windkanter (DSD0996.jpg)
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The night sky above the Atacama desert is known to be extremely clear and dark, perfect for star gazing. (D5A3048.jpg)
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Two fishermen landing their catch of the day at the village of Huasco, Atacama Desert coast (D2X8399.jpg)
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El hombre de los baculos, prehispanic antropomorphic rock painting in the Loa valley (D5C3725.jpg)
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Historic railway station fromo nitrate era with steam engines, Baquedano Atacama, Chile (D5B6143.jpg)
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Person in a cave formed by water erosion at Valle de la Luna in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (D2X3998.jpg)
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Colorful mountains near El Salvador indicate rich mineral deposits, geology of Chile's Atacama region (PaintedHills2.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (DSF0118.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (D7D0273.jpg)
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Salar de Llamara gypsum crystals after lagoon was ilegally pumped dry by road construction company in 2007 (P1000442.jpg)
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Camanchaca, clouds flowing over coastal mountain range of Morro Moreno. Atacama desert (F2X8464.jpg)
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Atacama desert aerial photo showing dry river bed and regular mountain pattern (IMG_2940.jpg)
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Puquios de Llamara, lagoon with gypsum crystals and stromatolites in Salar de Llamara (LagunaKristall.jpg)
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Aerial photo of Cordillera de la Costa, Atacama coastal mountain range south of Antofagasta (Air-Kueste3.jpg)
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Sunset at Valle de la Luna near San Pedro de Atacama, with dramatic colors on Licancabur volcano (Valleluna19.jpg)
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Steep vertical cliffs at the Pacific coast of the Atacama desert near Antofagasta, rugged desert coastline (F2X0159.jpg)
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Wave patterns at the beautiful ancient geoglyphs of Ariquilda, Atacama desert Chile (Z7B2763.jpg)
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Lichen covered cactus on top of coastal mountain range with Camanchaca clouds below at sunset. Atacama coast. (D5B7347.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (DSF0114.jpg)
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Lonely plant (Senecio sp.) surving in extreme dry environment of the central Atacama desert, Chile (DSD0939.jpg)
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Coastal mountains of the Atacama desert with Llullaillaco volcano in the background (Llullaillaco.jpg)
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Animitas are a common at chilean road sides. They mark a place of a fatal accident (D2X8519.jpg)
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Natural erosion of coastal cliffs at the Pacific near Antofagasta, Atacama Chile (F2X0151.jpg)
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Modern geoglyph in the Atacama, a giant Coca Cola logo made from desert gravel (E2X1541.jpg)
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Historic cemetery from the nitrate or salpeter era of the Atacama desert, Chile (G2X1668.jpg)
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Deep crack in the ground produced by earthquakes, Atacama fault Antofagasta Chile (G2X2596.jpg)
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Historic tracks in the Atacama from nitrate salitrera mining transport, mule cart tracks, carretas calichera (D5A8562.jpg)
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Ancient rock paintings of lamas and anthropomorphic figures, Rio Loa canyon, Atacama desert (D8B2494.jpg)
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The original wooden church of Taltal in the Atacama desert Chile, San Francisco Javier before the fire (Kirche5.jpg)
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Once the blooming Atacama desert is over, only dry shrubs remain for the next few years (D2X8536.jpg)
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Panorama of desert mountains in Pan de Azucar National park with vegetation after a rain, Atacama Chile (DSE7922pano.jpg)
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Sharp rock edges are visibly eroded and sandblasted by wind action. Atacama desert (DSD0995.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (D7D0271.jpg)
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Rio Loa is the longest river of the Atacama desert in Chile, forming a green oasis in the desert canyon. (D2X4289.jpg)
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Collection of colorful minerals of the Atacama Desert, Museo Minero Tierra Amarilla (D7D4764.jpg)
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Aerial photo of Pascua Lama mining project, Andes at border between Chile and Argentina (IMG_2217.jpg)
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Sequence showing the total solar eclipse in the Atacama region of Chile in July 2019 (EclipseSerie01.jpg)
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Licancabur volcano and Moon Valley in orange sunset light, Atacama Desert Chile (Lican2.jpg)
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Atacamite and other copper minerals, typical minerals of the Atacama desert in Chile (DSC4317.jpg)
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Presencia Tutelares, sculpture from Juan Diaz Fleming in the Atacama desert near Arica (E2X1532.jpg)
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Many different species of cacti can be found in the steppe of the southern Atacama Desert (D7B7282.jpg)
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Rio Loa is the longest river of the Atacama desert in Chile, forming a green oasis in the desert canyon. (D2X4285.jpg)
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Panorama of the extremely dry central regions of the Atacama desert (P1000969-atacama-desert-panorama.jpg)
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Aerial vertical view of La Portada with thousands of sea birds, Antofagasta Chile (P1030141.jpg)
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Close view of geometrical type geoglyph in the Atacama desert, cerro Mono Tarapaca Region of Chile (Z7B2436.jpg)
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Puquíos de Llamara, amazing crystal covered lagoon with stromatolite structures (LlamaraLagoon7.jpg)
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Ancient rock painting near Taltal showing marine mammals, seals. Atacama desert quebrada el Medano (D2X4426.jpg)
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The Panamericana Ruta 5 passing through the Atacama desert near Antofagasta, broken tire at road side (D2X8298.jpg)
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Rubbish dumps in the historic sites of tne Nitrate epoch in the north of Chile (D5B6111.jpg)
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Historic cemetery remains from the nitrate oficinas of the Atacama desert, Chile (G2X1670.jpg)
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Ruins of UNESCO site historic nitrate processing plant Santa Laura near Iquique (E2X1453.jpg)
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Colorful mountains of Valle de la Luna or Moon Valley near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (D2X3944.jpg)
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Isla Damas with abundant cactus vegetation, Reserva Nacional Pinguino de Humboldt (D7B7246.jpg)
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Underwater photo of the crystal structures of the Salar Llamara lagoon Puquios de Llamara (G0074582.jpg)
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Panorama of rocky Atacama coast and Isla Pan de Azucar, Pan de Azucar National Park, Atacama (D2X8753pano.jpg)
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Lichen covered cactus (Eulychnia saint-pieana) in the fog area of Pan de Azucar National Park, Atacama desert (D8C4777.jpg)
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Four volcanoes are reflecting in Laguna Lejia, Lascar, Pili and Aguas Calientes. (E2X0055.jpg)
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Dramatic sunset colors, Valle de la Luna with Licancabur volcano at San Pedro de Atacama (ValleLuna13.jpg)
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Prehistoric anthropomorphic rock painting at Rio Loa valley: hombre de los baculos (D5C3736.jpg)
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Snow covered volcanoes Licancabur and Juriques in a dramatic sunset, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (D8A8782.jpg)
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Ancient rock paintings of Taira in the Rio Loa valley of the Atacama desert, Chile (D2X4291.jpg)
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Historic mining railway cart at an abandoned silver mine in the Atacama near Copiapo Chile (D7D5613.jpg)
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Red clouds over Valle de la Luna, dramatic sunset in Pedro de Atacama, Chile (ValleLuna11.jpg)
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Panamerican Highway or Ruta 5 passing through colorful mountains of the Atacama desert near Chañaral, Chile (D8C5611.jpg)
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Archeological site in Atacama: Hammer stones were used to fabricate arrowheads from obsidian (G2X2457.jpg)
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Ventifact or Windkanter, rocks shaped to pyramids by wind and sand, Atacama desert (D7A0278.jpg)
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Machinery at historic nitrate processing plant Santa Laura near Iquique, Atacama desert (E2X1455.jpg)
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Pan de Azucar National Park, spectacular view from the mirador to the ocean and isla Pan de Azucar (D5B7251.jpg)
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Copiapoa and Eulychnia cacti at the Atacama coast near Taltal with Cordillera de la Costa in the background (D5B7448.jpg)
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Beautiful wild rocky coast of the Atacama desert in the Antofagasta Region of Chile (DSF0112.jpg)
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Historic garbage dump with old shoes and bottles at a nitrate mining site in Atacama desert, Chile (G2X0434.jpg)
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The Tiliviche geoglyphs showing a large group of lamas and unfortunately an electrical power line. (E2X1894.jpg)
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The Giant of Tarapaca (gigante de Tarapaca) on Cerro Unitas in northern Chile is the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic figure in the world (DJ2_1375.jpg)
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Green algae and other water plants in the desert river Rio Loa in the Atacama Desert, Chile (D8B2550.jpg)
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Cactus and Puya bromeliad vegetation in the mountains near La Serena, Atacama Chile (D7C0973.jpg)
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Funny desert art, an artist painted this rock in the Atacama altiplano, Salar de Ascotan (D2X6233.jpg)
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Coastal Camanchaca: Inversion layer and coastal mountains prevent moisture from reaching the desert (camanchaca2.jpg)
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Colorful rock layers, cliffs of Quebrada Allanes in the Putre area, Chilean Altiplano (D5A2564.jpg)
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Children and car wreck in the streets of historic nitrate town Maria Helena, Atacama desert Chile (E2X1979bw.jpg)
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Fishing boats at the port of Antofagasta, Chile,w ith Atacama desert coastal mountains in the background (F2X8525.jpg)
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Beautiful evening light, Sand dunes with shadows and light, Pica, Atacama Desert (DSE0712.jpg)
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Mudcracks in a dry riverbed of Atacama desert, Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile (D2X8812.jpg)
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Historic railway station fromo nitrate era with steam engines, Baquedano Atacama, Chile (D5B6139.jpg)
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Ancient anthropomorphic rock painting at Rio Loa site, named "el senor de los camelidos" (D5C3727.jpg)