Desert atacama desert sunset rock erosion birds condors flying clouds chile nature colorful landscape. The township of san pedro de atacama receives thousands of visitors each year and for good reason. The atacama desert is chile at its most serrated. The atacama desert is a plateau in south america covering a 1000 km 600 mi strip of land on the pacific coast west of the andes mountains. Below we are sharing 10 fun facts about the atacama desert.
It may take a little while for pinterest to crawl the original wallpaper so reload the pinterest page if the wallpaper is shown as broken in pinterest. Driest desert in the world studies conducted by nasa have concluded that this desert located in northern chile is in fact the driest desert in the world. Chile without a safety net. Or at least thats the theory.
On 26 december 2015 we departed guarulhos international. Most of the desert is composed of stony terrain salt lakes salares sand and felsic lava that flows towards the andes. Atacama desert nature photos showing the hyper arid desert sand dunes colorful lagoons altiplano volcanoes of northern chile. Download hd wallpapers of 237443 desert atacama desert sunset rock erosion birds condors flying clouds chile nature colorful landscape.
It is the driest desert in the world as well as the. When i arrive at the alto atacama desert lodge spa i could barely feel more. This vlog includes footage of valle de la luna valle de la muerte and cejar lagoon. Colorful rock layers cliffs of quebrada allanes in the putre area.
7 incredible natural wonders to explore in chiles atacama desert lush green and fertile are words that generally come to mind when we think of the worlds most beautiful places but its amazing how much natural beauty can be found in the scorching arid environment of the worlds deserts. Rock formation desert atacama desert sunset erosion birds hd wallpaper to download the original wallpaper save it to your pinterest board and then download it from pinterest. While most visitors are initially drawn to chile to see the dinosaur shaped spikes of torres del paine it must be said that the northern expanse of desert more than holds its own. Travel video blog about the atacama desert in chile.