Purico complex
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The Purico complex is a Pleistocene volcanic complex in Chile close to Bolivia, formed by an ignimbrite, several lava domes and stratovolcanoes and one maar. It is in the Chilean segment of the Centra
The southwest part of the complex is formed by the cinder cone Cerro Negro and the stratovolcano Cerros de Macón.
A view across the Purico complex
The Purico shield seen from Cerro Toco
Penitentes on Purico
Llano de Chajnantor Observatory is the name for a group of astronomical observatories located at an altitude of over 4,800 m in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The site is in the Antofagasta Reg
360-degree panorama of the Chajnantor plateau
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), a new-technology 12-m telescope in operation since 2005 on Llano de Chajnantor