Travel to Valle de la Luna in Chile

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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.

Badlands pictures in Valle de la Luna

Zoom @Parsing Eye

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Zoom @João Pedro Vergara

Shot with a NIKON D3300. Exposure: 1/125, Aperture: 5.6, Focal Length: 55.0, ISO: 110