Comments on: Plane views: Atacama desert

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:24:09 +0000

We drove through this desert….days upon days upon days of staring out the bus window at the eerie moonscape that it is. When the bus suddenly started dropping altitude I wondered where on earth could we be dropping to as I had no idea that the canyons existed but, sure enough, down we went to the bottom, across the valley, and up the other side. I love deserts, and this one is amazing!

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By: velvet

velvet — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:05:08 +0000

That’s an excellent tip. Thank you Felipe!

Cheers,
Keith

By: Felipe

Felipe — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:22:54 +0000

In the Atacama Desert is a “poem” (really is just a frase) by Raúl Zurita (chilean poet which says “ni pena ni miedo”. It is 3 km wide (2 miles ) and 250 meters (780 ft) tall, and about 45 km (28 miles) south from Antofagasta.
You can clearly see it from a commercial airplane (windows K seat if I’m not mistaken). The first time I saw it I couldn’t believe it, I had to see it for a second time to finally convince me that was true. You can see it from Google Earth too.

By: velvet

velvet — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:50:53 +0000

Thanks Jen! The Atacama desert was definitely one of the highlights of my month in Chile.

Cheers,
Keith

By: jen Laceda

jen Laceda — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:48:00 +0000

Another gorgeous plane view photo!