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Picture of sand dunes in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile viewed from highway 23. The Atacama Desert is the dryest desert in the world.

Picture of sand dunes in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile viewed from highway 23.  The Atacama Desert is the dryest desert in the world.

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Picture of a copper refinery in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. The mineral-rich Atacama desert is the dryest desert on earth, which poses significant difficulty for local occupants, most miners, who must import all food and most water.

Picture of a copper refinery in the Atacama desert of northern Chile.  The mineral-rich Atacama desert is the dryest desert on earth, which poses significant difficulty for local occupants, most miners, who must import all food and most water.

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Picture of a dramatic desert formation that looks like a crater, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, Chile.

Picture of a dramatic desert formation that looks like a crater, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, Chile.

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Picture of the bone dry Atacama desert with snow capped Putre volcanoe (5824m) at the base of the andes in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

Picture of the bone dry Atacama desert with snow capped Putre volcanoe (5824m) at the base of the andes in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

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Picture of the bone dry Valley of the Moon with snow capped volcanoes at the base of the andes in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

Picture of the bone dry Valley of the Moon with snow capped volcanoes at the base of the andes in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

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Picture of the bone dry Valley of the Moon with snow capped volcanoes at the base of the andes in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

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Picture of eroded red hills that rise steeply above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

Picture of eroded red hills that rise steeply above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

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Ica Desert dunes encroach on development on the south coast of Peru.

Ica Desert dunes encroach on development on the south coast of Peru.

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Picture of eroded red hills that rise steeply above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

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Eolian sand dunes, Ica Desert, South coast, Peru.

Eolian sand dunes, Ica Desert, South coast, Peru.

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Eolian sand dunes, Ica Desert, South coast, Peru.

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Picture of eroded red hills that rise above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

Picture of eroded red hills that rise above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

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Picture of a complex group of large geoglyphs depicting llamas and pastoralists covering a hillside, Atacama Desert, Chile. Figures carved through desert hardpan exposing lighter sediment below filled in with dark stones to help preserve the figures.

Picture of a complex group of large geoglyphs depicting llamas and pastoralists covering a hillside, Atacama Desert, Chile.  Figures carved through desert hardpan exposing lighter sediment below filled in with dark stones to help preserve the figures.

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Picture of Lake Miniquini edged by light colored lithium salts and located in the Atacama Desert, the dryest desert on earth, northern Chile.

Picture of Lake Miniquini edged by light colored lithium salts and located in the Atacama Desert, the dryest desert on earth, northern Chile.

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Picture of broken up, wind eroded hard pan dusted with a white salt mineral compound, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

Picture of broken up, wind eroded hard pan dusted with a white salt mineral compound, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

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Picture of the bone dry Atacama desert near Peine in northern Chile.

Picture of the bone dry Atacama desert near Peine in northern Chile.

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Picture of the Atacama desert with a train of the Antofagasta & Bolivian railway in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

Picture of the Atacama desert with a train of the Antofagasta & Bolivian railway in the background, Atacama desert, northern Chile

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Picture of the scruffy Hostel Takha Takha, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. The village is centered in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the driest desert in the world.

Picture of the scruffy Hostel Takha Takha, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.  The village is centered in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the driest desert in the world.

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Picture of sharply eroded stone, narrow stone pinacles that rise above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

Picture of sharply eroded stone, narrow stone pinacles that rise above the desert floor, Valley of the Moon, Atacama desert, northern Chile.

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Picture of huge geoglyph depicting a human figure holding a spear or arrow, Pintados, Atacama Desert Chile. The figures are carved through desert hardpan exposing lighter sediment below that's outlined by large stones, which helps preserve the figures.

Picture of huge geoglyph depicting a human figure holding a spear or arrow, Pintados, Atacama Desert Chile.  The figures are carved through desert hardpan exposing lighter sediment below that's outlined by large stones, which helps preserve the figures.

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