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Atacama Desert

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Laguna Tebinquiche, Salar de Atacama, showing the salt encrustation round the margin due to evaporation of the saline-rich water

Laguna Tebinquiche, Salar de Atacama, showing the salt encrustation round the margin due to evaporation of the saline-rich water, Region ll Antofagasta, Chile

Laguna Tebinquiche, Salar de Atacama, showing the salt encrustation round the margin due to evaporation of the saline-rich water

Laguna Tebinquiche, Salar de Atacama, showing the salt encrustation round the margin due to evaporation of the saline-rich water, Region ll Antofagasta, Chile

Laguna Tebinquiche, Salar de Atacama, showing the salt encrustation round the margin due to evaporation of the saline-rich water

Boundary stones sidelit by the evening sun at Laguna Cejar, Salar de Atacama

Sunset over the Laguna Cejar, a salt lagoon in the Salar de Atacama

Cachiyuyo (Cachiyullo) shrub (Atriplex imbricata), Salar de Atacama, Atacama Desert

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in the salt flats of Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

James' (Puna) Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) in flight, Sector Soncor of Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in the salt flats of Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

James' (Puna) Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) (on left) and Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) (on right), Salar de Atacama

James' (Puna) Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) in the salt flats of Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in the salt flats of Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

James' (Puna) Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) in flight, Sector Soncor of Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in the salt flats of Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight, Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in Sector Soncor of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Atacama

Andean Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in flight, Sector Soncor of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Atacama

Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight, Sector Soncor, Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, Salar de Atacama, Chile

Andean Avocets (Recurvirostra andina) in the Salar de Atacama salt pan, Atacama Desert

Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) in the salt flats of the Salar de Atacama, Atacama Desert, Chile