Atacama desert - August 2005
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Not a real trek this time, as the long distances done with 4x4 vehicles to reach the different places of interest of the area let you do only a few nice walks (all the same, with the Mt Licancabur ascent as an option). This is the price to pay to visit a desert, which is not only one of the most arid of the planet, but also one of the most unexpected. During hundreds of miles, every mountain is a volcano and the colors of the matter coming from the centre of the earth are amazing. You may believe you are on another planet. |
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Photo galleries
You can see the photo gallery of the trek on this site.
You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery. The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the page full screen with a larger image size. Click on an image to see it with full screen size.
An HTML photo gallery is available if you don't have Adobe Flash Player.
You can also see the trek photos on Flickr. You will find there pictures in their original size, technical informations about them and the place where these pictures were taken. You can leave comments and see the pictures as a slideshow (if you have Adobe Flash Player installed).
Maps
Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.
Click on "View Larger Map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth and see a 3D view. The trek trace you see is not coming from a GPS, so do not try to use the coordinates to perform some actual navigation.
If you can't see the above map, here is an image :
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