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Chile | Atacama Desert

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The Atacama desert in Chile, commonly known as the driest place on earth, stretches for 1 000 km between the Pacific Coast and the Andes mountain range. It total it occupies 128 000 km2. It is a nitrate and metallic minerals rich area, so it explains the Chilean conquest of it at the end of the 19th century during the war of the Pacific. The area comprises many valleys, salt lakes and lava formations. Here you have a view over the Moon Valley, which is located in a national park and "easy" to access by bicycle. On the left there is a view over the volcanoes Licancabur and Juriques. These volcanoes are close to the Bolivian border where it snows more often, which explains the glaciers. In the whole area of the Atacama there are weather stations that never had rain since they started measurements. There is almost no humidity in the air, so it makes this desert the perfect place to spot stars, hence why there are so many observatories. 

Exif: 24mm, F4, 1/80s, ISO 200

Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70mm, B+W UV Filter.

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Someone-Else79's avatar
Alors voilà le désert d'Atacama ..... c'est très beau .... c'est super, je peux voyager grâce à toutes tes photos et à tes descriptions ..... merci Sébastien !!! :)