Chile: The Atacama Desert
Valle de La Luna
More photos below hiking through Valle de La Muerte (Mars Valley or Valley of Death). That sand dune was steep!
More photos on the way to Salar de Tara. Notice the crazy rock formations in what seems like a vast desert... but actually a caldera of an extinct super volcano. Also, the ALMA observatory (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) is located here in Atacama. We wanted to visit and see the telescopes but unfortunately, because they are located at 5000m above sea level, access is not allowed. HOWEVER... as you can see from the photos... that blip of white are the arrays seen from the highway (yes, we were driving around 4900m) and the next photo is cropped to where you can make out the arrays (barely).