West of Calama |
Calama to San Pedro Highway |
Calama to San Pedro Highway |
Calama to San Pedro Highway |
Quillagua Crater Pano |
Quillagua Crater |
Quillagua Crater |
Pintado Geoglyphs |
Pintado Geoglyphs |
Pintado Geoglyphs |
Quillagua Crater--we slept in the back of our rental RAV4 a few feet from the crater. |
Mano del Desierto Near Paranal |
Mano del Desierto Near Paranal |
Near Mano del Desierto |
Road to Paranal |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna, Chile, 2011 |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna, Chile, 2011 |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
Valle de la Luna Near San Pedro |
The Sisters, not the Sedins, at Valle de la Luna |
Embarrassed Boy Llama with pink hair ribbons |
Llama, Chile, 2011 |
Andes and Lenticular Clouds, Chile, 2011 |
Tilomonte |
Road to Monturaqui Crater |
Andes, Chile, 2011 |
Road to Monturaqui Crater |
Road to Monturaqui Crater |
Vicuna |
Monturaqui Crater |
Monturaqui Impact Crater with a place for your Mother-in-law to sit (Cumulopuntia boliviana (ssp. ignescens) |
Monturaqui Crater |
Andes, Chile, 2011 |
Ruta 23 to Argentina--elevations on this side trip neared 16,000 feet. |
Parhelia from Ruta 23 to Argentina or Sundog erupting from Lincancabur Volcano |
Ruta 23 to Argentina--Lenticulars over the Andes |
Ruta 23 to Argentina--Vicuna foraging |
Ruta 23 to Argentina |
Ruta 23 to Argentina--Sun Pillar venting from Juriques Stratovolcano |
Andes, Chile, 2011 |
Follow the arrows back to San Pedro de Atacama |
Licancabur (Holocene) and Juriques (Pleistocene) Stratovolcanos in cloud shadows |