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El Valle de la Luna is located 13 kilometres west of San Pedro de Atacama, to the north of Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama desert. 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. There are also dry lakes where the composition of salt makes a white covering layer of the area. It presents diverse saline outcrops which appear like man-made sculptures. There are also a great variety of caverns.
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Shot with a Canon EOS 60D. Exposure: 1/5000, Aperture: 2.8, Focal Length: 16.0, ISO: 100
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A massive sand dune we came across while exploring the Valle de la Luna in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. If you look very closely, there are other explorers on the opposite side of the dune that will give you some scale of the landscape.
