Ischigualasto Provincial Park

Because this remote valley's bizarre eroded formations and soaring cliffs harbor the only unbroken record yet discovered that spans the entire Triassic period, when dinosaurs first appeared (and suddenly took over the world for the next 160 million years), and when mammals, too, made their much more modest debut.

Salta & around

August 18th 2003
Salta is the capital city of the Argentine province of Salta, located on the Valle de Lerma 1152 meters above sea level. Nicknamed in Spanish as Salta la Linda ("Salta the Beauty"), it is visited by a great many tourists because of its colonial architecture, a number of museums, but also because it's the starting point of the "Train to the Clouds" (Tren a las nubes) and to red-soiled Cafayate ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta

Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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