Taltal
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Taltal is a Chilean commune and city in Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region. According to the 2012 census, the commune has a population of 11,132 and has an area of 20,405.1 km2. The commune is h
TALTAL panoramio
Atacama Desert
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The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau on the Pacific coast of South America, stretching along a 1,600-kilometre-long strip of land in northern Chile, west of the Andes. It covers an area of 105,000 k
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…rich flora and fauna and was once a border between Chile and Bolivia in the nineteenth century. Paranal Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert, 110 km north of the city and administered by the European Southern Observatory. Soon the commune will also be home to the E-ELT (European Extremely…
Snow in Paranal Observatory at 2,600 masl
A flat area of the Atacama Desert between Antofagasta and Taltal
Feral donkey in the Atacama desert
The lack of humidity, rain, and light pollution together produce a dusty, rocky landscape.