https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/ Rick Samco's 2008 photos from the Atacama Desert, Chile, South America <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080321-162455-2337_Edit-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080321-162455-2337_Edit.jpg" width="194" height="156" alt="" /></a></p><p>Easter at Villa Toconao church</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080321-162455-2337_Edit-single Mon, 31 May 2021 16:37:51 -0700 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-115713-2508-Pano-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080322-115713-2508-Pano.jpg" width="194" height="74" alt="" /></a></p><p>Caspana, an example of how people have long settled in green arroyos</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-115713-2508-Pano-single Wed, 28 Nov 2018 02:01:57 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080320-183741-1944_v1-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080320-183741-1944_v1.jpg" width="149" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Full moonrise over Andes from Valle de Luna, Chile</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080320-183741-1944_v1-single Wed, 26 Oct 2016 22:43:54 -0700 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124836-2593-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-124836-2593.jpg" width="194" height="129" alt="" /></a></p><p>Handoff from Bolivians to Chileans</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124836-2593-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:09:31 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124753-2592-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-124753-2592.jpg" width="194" height="123" alt="" /></a></p><p>Silver &amp; zinc ore train arriving from Bolivia</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124753-2592-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:09:20 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124039-2588-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-124039-2588.jpg" width="129" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Returning to Bolivia - Martha at Interpol immigration &amp; customs</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-124039-2588-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:09:12 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-122647-2583-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-122647-2583.jpg" width="194" height="73" alt="" /></a></p><p>Silver &amp; zinc ore train arriving in Ollague from Bolivia</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-122647-2583-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:09:05 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-122441-2580-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-122441-2580.jpg" width="194" height="150" alt="" /></a></p><p>Each ore bucket weights about 45 tons</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-122441-2580-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:51 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-121414-2574-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-121414-2574.jpg" width="194" height="134" alt="" /></a></p><p>Ollague</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-121414-2574-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:42 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-100945-2564-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-100945-2564.jpg" width="164" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Breakfast on Salar de Carcote, Easter Sunday</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-100945-2564-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:32 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-100443-2563-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-100443-2563.jpg" width="172" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Easter egg (thanks, Eduardo!)</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-100443-2563-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:22 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-095543-2560-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-095543-2560.jpg" width="194" height="108" alt="" /></a></p><p>Breakfast on Salar de Carcote, Easter Sunday</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-095543-2560-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:15 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-095326-2558-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-095326-2558.jpg" width="194" height="141" alt="" /></a></p><p>Breakfast on Salar de Carcote, Easter Sunday</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-095326-2558-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:08:08 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-094757-2556-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-094757-2556.jpg" width="194" height="129" alt="" /></a></p><p>Claudio &amp; Eduardo lower berm for our van</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-094757-2556-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:58 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-091021-2554-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-091021-2554.jpg" width="194" height="98" alt="" /></a></p><p>Eduardo taking picture of Volcan San Pedro</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-091021-2554-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:48 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-090944-2551-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080323-090944-2551.jpg" width="194" height="77" alt="" /></a></p><p>Active Volcan San Pedro, on our way back to Bolivia</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080323-090944-2551-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:37 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-140224-2537-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080322-140224-2537.jpg" width="162" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Chile's oldest church, Chiu Chiu</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-140224-2537-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:31 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135400-2530-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080322-135400-2530.jpg" width="129" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Chile's oldest church, Chiu Chiu</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135400-2530-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:24 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135218-2528-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080322-135218-2528.jpg" width="194" height="112" alt="" /></a></p><p>Chile's oldest church, Chiu Chiu</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135218-2528-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:12 -0800 <p><a href="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135032-2526-single" title="Atacama Desert"><img src="https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/thumbnails/rs-20080322-135032-2526.jpg" width="144" height="194" alt="" /></a></p><p>Chile's oldest church, Chiu Chiu</p> https://rick.samcos.com/galleries/o-2008/2-South_America/2-Atacama-Desert/2-Atacama_Desert/rs-20080322-135032-2526-single Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:07:05 -0800