Infinite landscapes in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Virtual vantage point to the Atacama Desert:

Completely renovated pages - with high-resolution photos (1100 by 640 pixels), usually bigger than 200 kb. The idea is to show the desert of the Atacama Region with all its contrasts: high mountains versus endless plains; fertile valleys versus sandy areas without traces of life; landscapes without dimensions versus straight lines towards the horizon.



Start to Atacama desert

Landscapes of Atacama:

Infinite hills:
From llano of Llampos to the Qda. Paipote
From the Aguilar mine (Puquios) to Qda. Paipote
Llano del Tiro hacia la pre-cordillera (cerro de La Plata)
Lomas Bayas hacia Port. Dadin
Cemetery of  Lomas Bayas to the Andes
Llampos and the  Pre-cordillera with snow
The Sierra Peineta and the ravine of Chañaral Alto
El Salado village and the coast range
Qda. Paredones and the Maricunga mine
Mountains of Merceditas - from the Tabaco pass
Leoncito - El Patón
Chinches pass to Tambaría
Cadillal o Anselmo mountain from Pircas Negras pass

The Andes Mountains:
The highest mountain in Chile: Ojos del Salado
Laguna Verde near of the San Francisco pass
The Tres Cruces mountains
The cerro Potro from el Portezuelo Dadín
The cerro Potro from el Portezuelo El Gato
From Pasto Grande to Potros
The volcan Copiapó from the El Gato pass
Cerro Anselmo and Jotabeche from the Cachito pass
Nevado Jotabeche mountain from Pircas Negras pass
Panoramic view from  La Ola hill to the Llanura Arroyo

Infinite plains:
Tololo Pampa and Llano of Jaula plain: A little unusual
The large Guamanga plain nearby Inca de Oro
The Varas plain and the Sierra Peineta mountains near Inca de Oro
The Varas plain nearby Carrera Pinto
The coastal plain near Barranquilla
The San Pedro plain with Monardes hill near Copiapo valley

Valleys and ravines:
La Semilla - Junta de Potro
Río de la Sal valley - Llanta, to Diego de Almagro
Road into the  Algarrobal ravine
The Copiapó valley near Piedra Colgada looking downstream
The Carrizalillo ravine east of Maray
The Larga ravine nearby the old mines of Potrerillos

Coast and beaches:
Sarco - the southern tip of the Atacama Region
Nearby the fishing village Pajonales between Totoral and Bahía Salado
Punta Cachos - near Bahía Salada
Near Flamenco (between Caldera and Chañaral)
Pan de Azúcar National Park Viewpoint

Salt flats, lagoons and lakes:
Lagoon Negro Francisco with the mountains Azufre / Vn. Copiapó
Salt flat Maricunga - road from Codocedo pass
Salt flat Maricunga with the Copiapó volcano in the background
The Pedernales salt flat with Doña Inés mountain

Where the desert is really desert:
Pampa Austral and Pampa Indio Muerto with train station
From Altamira to the volcano Doña Inés
The Pan-Americana highway, desert landscape (Qda. Carrizalillo)
Qda. Carrizalillo - and train station J. Pérez near Altamira
Dunes in the vicinity of Copiapó
Near Tres Puntas - plain of Qda. Salitral
Road between Vallenar and Jarilla
Tabaco pass, Los Mortero . Jarilla

Endless roads:
The Pan-Americana highway near Copiapó
Road to Totora pass (road Freirina - Labrar)

Sunset in the desert
Ravine of Chañaral Alto with Vicuña mountain
Llano de Varas - desde la bajada de Chimberos

Something different - the desert
Jaula plain during the flowery desert
Snow at lagoon Santa Rosa with the Tres Cruces mountains

Cities and Towns:
El Salvador - in the middle of the desert
Vallenar and the Huasco river Valley
From the lighthouse of Chañaral towards the beach
Inca de Oro from the Las Guías mines