| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
Site / Event : Pintados
|
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Styalised human figure.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
Site / Event : Pintados
|
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A bird and geometric patterns.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
Site / Event : Pintados
|
 |
Squares and rectangles.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
Site / Event : Pintados
|
 |
The flat desert between the petroglyph-laden hills.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The once-thriving nitrate town of Humberstone.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The town was founded in the 19th century.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The main square.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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Humberstone was abandoned by 1960 and is now a ghost town.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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Crumbling houses.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Deserted streets.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Abandoned house.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Empty square.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former family residence.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Humberstone is a ghost town after being abandoned in the late 1950s.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Humberstone is an abandoned former nitrate town.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former cinema.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Abandoned house.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Empty streets and squares.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former railway station.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Abandoned streets and houses.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Crumbling electricty and telegraph poles.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
The former theatre was a magnificent building.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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Side entrance to the theatre.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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Interior of the theatre.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former market building.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former ice cream parlour.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Former church.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The former church from the side.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Entrance to the former swimming pool.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The inside of the swimming pool.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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The swimming pool is made from a ship's hull.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
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Industrial area.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Humberstone is former nitrate town.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Humberstone
|
 |
Humberstone was abandoned.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
|
 |
The northern Atacama Desert is crossed by many fertile valleys.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
|
 |
Fertile valley.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
|
 |
The northern Atacama Desert.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
|
 |
Rock layers uplifted by geological processes.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
|
 |
The main highway to Northern Chile.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Arica is Chile's most Northerly city.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Arica was originally part of Peru.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Rain is unknown in this city.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
The Church of San Marcos de Arica was designed in 1875 by Gustav Eiffel .
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
The Custom House in Arica was designed by Gustav Eiffel.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Trading in the pedestrinised centre.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
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Public telephone.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
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Trading on the pavement.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
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Street scene.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
German railway engine from 1924.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Government building.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
El Morro.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
The harbour.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Monument commemorating Chile's victory over Peru to take Arica.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Atacama Desert
City / Town : Arica
|
 |
Statue of Bernado O'Higgins, son of an Irish immigramt who helped Chile gain independence from Spain.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
The Lluta Valley is a fertile region surrounded by desert.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
The Lluta Valley carries a river from the Andean highlands providing a fertile valley floor.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
The valley floor is watered from the Andes while the valley walls are barren desert.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
Geoglyphs of the llama trains that used to ply this route from Bolivia to the coast.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
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The fertile valley floor, watered by waters from the Andes.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
Herder with llamas.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
Llamas are a domesticated camelid.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
The village of Poconchile.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
Poconchile is on the fertile valley floor.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
The Church of San Geronimo dates from the 17th century and is one of the oldest in Chile.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
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The village cemetary.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
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Rehersing for a festival. The village is Ayamara
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
A group of Aymara dancers rehersing for the Day of the Dead festival.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
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Aymara dancers with traditional costumes.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
Aymara dancer.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
A cactus in flower.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
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A corral (enclosure) with llamas.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
 |
Llamas are kept for their wool and meat.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
City / Town : Poconchile
|
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Llamas are one of the four species of South American camelids.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
The Arica to La Paz highway connects Chile to Bolivia.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Lluta Valley
|
 |
View from the highlands.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Zapahuira is a desolate region between 2000m and 3000m.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Zapahuira lies between the desert coastal lowlands and the Andean highlands.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Desolate mountains.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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Candelholder cacti obtain moisture from coastal mists.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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Candelholder cacti flower for one day every year.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Dramatic sky.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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Volcanoes marking the border with Peru.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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Desert plants growing on bare rock.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Zapahuira is a desolate region between the coastal desert and the Andean highlands.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Dramatic scenery.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
Copaquilla Fort overlooks a steep canyon.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
The fort is next to a high cliff.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
The 12th century fort was built by the Aymara.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
Stone walls.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
Stone wall and a cliff.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Copaquilla Fort
|
 |
View from the fort.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
Sandsrone cliffs.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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Green valley floor.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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A table mountain (mesa).
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Zapahuira Tambo
|
 |
Zapahuira Tambo is an Inca inn dating from the 15rh century.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
Site / Event : Zapahuira Tambo
|
 |
View towards the Bolivian border.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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One of many table mountains.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
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A cafe on the Arica to La Paz highway.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
The Taki Posada is a guest house built around a railway carriage.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Norte Grande
Region : Zapahuira
|
 |
The small village of Zapahuira.
|
1994 |
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