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1 y 2. El V�lle �e l�
L��� e� �� �tr�ctivo
t�rí�tico e� At�c���
Chile, q�e �e�ej� ���
cho �l p�i��je l���r. /
The Valle de la Luna
(Valley of the Moon)
is a tourist attraction
in Atacama Chile,
that resembles a
lot the moonlike
landscape
3. El p�rq�e provi�ci�l
I�chig��l��to �bre
��� p�ert�� p�r�
per�itir ��� �ir��� �l
p����o �el pl��et�./
The Ischigualasto
provincial park
opens its doors to
allow a glimpse to
the planet’s past
C����o l� e�co�tr�ro�, el bebé e�t�b� vivo y ����
���tá��o�e �e �� pecho, q�e �eg�í� ����o leche. S�
t��b� �e co�virtió, poco � poco, e� �� ���t��rio �e
�evoció� y �� p�eblo h� creci�o �lre�e�or �e l� c�pill�
y �e ��� extr�ñ�� ofre����.
Desiertos helados y el Valle de la Luna
El vie�to �opl�b� �obre l�� �lt�� pl��icie� c����o
recorrí��o� e�o� �e�ierto� �e coli��� ári��� �o��e �o
h�bit� ���ie, e�co�tr���o ��o� p�eblo� �b���o���
�o�, l�� vill�� �e �� tre� q�e y� �o p���, ro�e��o� por
l� �il�et� �e lo� pico� �ev��o� y lo� v�lle�, �o��e el
vie�to ��i�� l�� c�lle� �e�ol���� �e �lg��o� p�eblo�
como Las Flores, Colola o San José de Jáchal. Son unos
l�g�re� her�o�o�, �lej��o� y olvi���o�.
De�c�bri�o� �� l�go �e color e��er�l��, ro�e��o
por cerro� pi�t��o� �e to�o� roji�o�, ���rillo�, ocre�,
l�br��o� por l� ero�ió�.
Atr�ve���o� ��o� c�ño�e�, �o��e l�� roc�� ��or�
��� �� p�i��je i��ólito, lo� c��le� �o� llev�b�� � v�lle�
h�bit��o� por ��evo� p�eblo� por �o��e l�� �l���
flot�� e� el �ire pe���o, co�o Vill� U�ió� h��t� lleg�r
a San Agustín del Valle Fértil, un oasis en medio del
�e�ierto, co� ��� c�lle� polvorie�t�� y �� l�go, q�e re�
fre�c�� lo� c�ct�� reflej��o� e� �� e�pejo �e �g��.
El V�lle �e l� L��� e� e� el P�rq�e N�cio��l I�chi�
g��l��to, �o��e l� ero�ió� �el �g�� y �el vie�to h��
�ib�j��o �� extr�ño relieve y �o� recibió ��� ������
�e g����co� � l� e�tr���.
When they found her, the baby was alive and
breast feeding fromher bosomthat kept givingmilk.
The grave became, slowly, in a sanctuary of devotion
and a town has been growing around the chapel and
its odd offerings.
Icy Deserts and the Valley of the Moon
The wind would blow on the high plains when
we would wander those deserts of arid hills where
no one is found, discovering abandoned towns, the
villas of a train that no longer comes through, sur-
rounded by the silhouette of the snowed peaks and
valleys, where the wind animates the lonely streets
of towns like Las Flores, Colola o San José de Jáchal.
Beautiful places, isolated and forgotten.
We found a lake of anemerald colour, enclosedby
hills painted in reddish, yellow, ochre tones carved
by the erosion.
We went through some canyons, where the
rocks beautify an unusual landscape, which led us
to valleys governed by new towns where the souls
float in the heavy air, like in Villa Unión, up to San
Agustín del Valle Fértil, an oasis in the middle of the
desert, with its dusty streets and lake, that refreshes
the cactus reflecting in its mirror like water.
The Valley of the Moon is found in the National
Park Ischigalasto, where the erosion of the water
and the wind has drew a strange relief and we were
received at the entrance by a pack of guanacos.
