Atacama

05.06.2013 - 09.06.2013
The Journey: Altamira – Agua Verde – Antofagasta – Calama – San Pedro de Atacama – Calama (831 km).


The expance.  Something similar, such as Patagonia, where you can view tens of kilometers.





In the meantime, there are some traces of the human. Altamira, was once a railway station.




Directly to the north, the road is like a ruler drawn. Some dections are dusty and some are very dusty, as the 5-10 centimeter thick cement dust scattered on the road.


Another abandoned mine in the desert


Brefly back in Panamericana


Mano Del Desierto.




Industrial district before Antofagasta


Antofagasta. Parque Cultural Huanchaca – former silver industry, which opened in 1892, and belonged to Bolivia.


Here is an interestin museum, exhibits are both silver-mining history and astronomy






Mars Lander


A simple and logical - the RUN and the STOP, anf of course RESET. Every proper unit must be RESET, another question is, who will push it on Mars






Military Chapel of Our Lady of Carmen 










I stay two nights at the height of 2200 m, in Calama, and then to San Pedro de Atacama


The road goes uphill


Atacama Desert.


Cordillera de la Sal


The whole Atacama region is supposed to be one of the driest places on the planet, but when I look the sky, there is rain cloud






Rain in the night, but the next morning was, again, the blue sky.




San Pedro de Atacama Church (1577).


Main Street


Pukara de Quitor












And Valley de la Luna












Volcano Licancabur


I'm driving back to Calama at night.

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