Atacama Desert

The "Atacama Desert Project" was condut in 2009 during one month photo activity in South America.

The Atacama Desert is a highland in Chile, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world. According to estimates the Atacama Desert proper occupies 105,000 square kilometres but its size rises to 128,000 square kilometres when the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included. Most of the desert is composed of stony terrain, salt lakes (salares), sand, and felsic lava that flows towards the Andes.

• Pueblo de Ma­chuca Pueblo de Ma­chuca
• El Tatio geyser El Tatio geyser
• El Tatio geyser El Tatio geyser
• Between Chile and Bolivia Between Chile and Bolivia
• Reserve of Andean Fauna (Luguna Roja) Reserve of Andean Fauna (Luguna Roja)
• Reserve of Andean Fauna Reserve of Andean Fauna
• Salar de Atacama Salar de Atacama
• Salar de Atacama Salar de Atacama
• Reserve of Andean Fauna Reserve of Andean Fauna
• Between Chile and Bolivia Between Chile and Bolivia
• Between Chile and Bolivia Between Chile and Bolivia
• Between Chile and Bolivia Between Chile and Bolivia
• San Pedro de Atacama San Pedro de Atacama
• Tourist in Atacama Desert Tourist in Atacama Desert
• Valle de Marte Valle de Marte
• Valle de la Luna Valle de la Luna
• Laguna Miñiques Laguna Miñiques
• Valle de la Luna Valle de la Luna
• Valle de la Luna Valle de la Luna
• Valle de la Luna Valle de la Luna
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