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Shades of gold at laguna Miñiques
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View of Laguna Miñiques, in the chilean altiplano, in the middle of Atacama desert. If you expect to find monotony in the desert, Atacama is not what you're looking for: colorful landscapes, huge contrasts - specially during the winter, due to snow -, beautiful fauna, amazing people.
The golden colors on the hills are due to yellow bushes of "paja brava". I could not get much closer to the lagoon, since it was the period of reproduction of a rare (and funny) bird called tagua cornuda (www.avesdechile.cl/353.htm). I'll try to post some pictures of them any time soon. |
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(2869) - [2008-07-19 17:32]
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nice natur scene ,clear ,pure and magnificent.
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