Only 16km from San Pedro de Atacama, the Valle de la Luna (or Moon Valley) is named appropriately so, due to the strong resemblance to the surface of the moon.  Much of the dramatic landscape has been created over time from erosion.  There are sand dunes, surfaces that look similar to Cappadocia in Turkey, and interesting salt/dirt caves.

We also stopped at Laguna Chaxa, where the surface of the dry land is composed of salt crusts, and flamingos feed in the salt lakes.

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