Altiplano lake

The rest of Atacama - Altiplano lakes, Atacama Salar and cosmic night !

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April 9th 2013
Hi all, As always a bit behind on the blog, availability of the internet as usual... Our last day in Atacama we went out in the Altiplanos to have a look at the highest lakes in the region, on the way we got the opportunity to visit the Atacama salar, an amuse-bouche in anticipation to Uyuni. The highlight of our day was spent in the evening, we got the opportunity to go on a cosmology te ... read more

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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more