#atacama desert
Chilean Mega-Earthquake Left Atacama Deserted for 1,000 Years
After a mega-earthquake hit the coast of Chile 3,800 years ago, it appears that hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert abandoned the area and didn’t return for more than 1,000 years.
Atacama Desert.Chile.
Nostalgia de la luz
2010. Documentary
By Patricio Guzmán
About: “two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet’s regime.”
Country: Chile, France
Language: Spanish
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A family of Guanaco in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Guanaco are the parent species to llamas. Their babies are called chulengos.
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Atacama desert landscape
The high altitude lake of Laguna Tuyajto in the volcano field.
Image:Jorin Sievers
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