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Caption: Atacama Desert Chile
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Caption: Roads
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Caption: Atacama Desert
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Caption: Road to San Pedro de Atacama
Caption: Los Flamingos
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Caption: Los Flamencos National Reserve is a nature reserve located in the commune of San Pedro de Atacama
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Caption: El Gigante - Geoglyph
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Caption: El Gigante - Geoglyph
Caption: "El Gigante" near Cerro Unita in the Tarapacá region (pictured), measures 86 meters in length and shows a king or a deity with a feather crown on his head. The "giant" to have served on his spiritual function also as a calendar.
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Caption: Valley de la Luna
Caption: El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert of Chile. It has various stone and sand formations which have been carved by wind and water. It has an impressive range of color and texture, looking somewhat similar to the surface of the moon.
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Caption: Valle de la Luna
Caption: The valley is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of years. A prototype for a Mars rover was tested there by scientists because of the valley's dry and forbidding terrains.
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Caption: El Tatio
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Caption: El Tatio is a geyser field located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chileat 4,320 meters above mean sea level. Its name comes from the Quechua word for oven. It is among the highest-elevation geyser fields in the world.
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Caption: El Tatio has over 80 active geysers, making it the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world. Its geysers erupt to an average height of about 75 centimetres, with the highest eruption observed being around 6 metres.
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Caption: The site is a major tourist attraction. Visitors generally arrive at sunrise when each geyser is surmounted by a column of steam that condenses in the cold air. The steam plumes disappear as the air warms up. It is also possible to bathe in the hot geyser water in a small pool.
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Caption: Salar de Atacama
Caption: is the largest salt flat in Chile. It is located 55 km (34 mi) south of San Pedro de Atacama, is surrounded by mountains, and has no drainage outlets. In the east it is enclosed by the main chain of the Andes, while to the west lies a secondary mountain range of the Andes called Cordillera de Domeyko.
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Caption: Iquique
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Caption: Big Dune - Iquique
Caption: The coastal city of Iquique built on the desert sands of the Atacama Desert in Chile. The long sand dune in the foreground is the tail of Cerro Dragón (Dragon Hill).
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Caption: Cable Crossing
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