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1 y 2. El De�ierto
�e At�c��� e� ��o
�e lo� �á� ári�o�
�el ����o./
The
Atacama Desert is
one of the most arid
in the world
N�e�tr�� exc�r�io�e� �o� llev�ro� � vi�it�r T�l�bre,
p�r� recorrer �� �e�ierto c�ñó� �l pie �e lo� volc��e�,
co� lo� �á� fi�o� petroglifo� q�e repre�e�t�� ll���� y
vic�ñ��, fl��e�co�, p���� y per�o���, q�e ��t�� �e
h�ce �á� �e �il 500 �ño�. I��ólito� co�o her�o�o�
�o� lo� te�tigo� �e otr� époc�, �e otr� ge�te, ��� hi��
tori� q�e q�e�ó olvi����.
Seg�i�o� ��e�tro c��i�o p�r� lleg�r � l� L�g���
�e Ch�x� y B�rro� Negro�, �o��e e�co�tr��o� e���
peq�eñ�� l�g���� ��l���� e� l� c��l ��� gr�� colo�i�
�e fl��e�co�, q�e �gr�p� � tre� e�pecie� �ifere�te�,
�e e�t�b� �li�e�t���o co� lo� c���ro�cito� �el �g��.
U�� gr�� v�rie��� �e páj�ro� lo� ro�e�b��. Er� �� e��
pectác�lo her�o�o el e�co�tr�r e�o� fl��e�co� e�
�e�io �el �e�ierto.
Alc�����o� el p�eblito �e Soc�ire, co� �� igle�i�
rú�tic� y �eg�i�o� por el c��i�o �e tierr� p�r� �e�c��
brir el ��o�bro�o p�i��je �e l�� L�g���� �el S�l�r �e
T�l�r y �e I�c�h���i, b�ti��� por lo� vie�to� hel��o�,
ro�e���� por �o�t�ñ�� co� to�o� ocre�, �or��o� y
gri�e�. L�� l�g���� ��l���� y co�gel���� ��q�iere�
��o� to�o� �e color e��er�l�� y t�rq�e��, �it�����
� �á� �e 4 �il �etro� �e �lt�r�. Regre����o, �o� �e�
t�vi�o� p�r� ���ir�r l�� l�g���� ���le� �e �i�c��ti y
C�llejó� V�rel�, lle��� �e p�to� y fl��e�co�.
Al �ig�ie�te �í�, ��li�o� � l�� 5 �.�., p�r� lleg�r � l�
�o�� �e lo� géi�ere� �el T�tio, � 4 �il 300 � �e �lt�r�,
�it���o� e� �� p�i��je l���r. El v�por ��rge �e l� tierr�,
l� c��l e�c�pe �g�� hirvie��o, lo� �i�er�le� �ib�j��
���� for��� �orpre��e�te�; el frío e� i�te��o.
Our excursions took us to visit Talabre, to walk
around a canyon desert at the foot of the volcanoes,
with thefinest petroglyphs that represent lamas and
alpacas, flamingos, pumas and people, that go one
thousand 500 years back. Extraordinary as beautiful
they are thewitnesses of another time, other people,
a history that has remained forgotten.
We continue our journey till we get to the Chaxa
Lagoon and Barros Negros, wherewe find these small
salty lagoons in which a great flamingo colony, that
encloses 3 different species, has been feeding with
the water shrimps. A great variety of birds surround
them. It was a gorgeous expectable to find these fla-
mingos in the middle of the desert.
We got to the small town of Socaire, with its rus-
tic church we follow the land road to discover the
amazing landscape of the Salar de Talar and the Inca-
huasi lagoons, shaken by the icy winds, surrounded
by the ochre, purple and grey tone mountains. The
salty and frozen lagoons have an emerald turquoise
tones, place at more than 4 thousand meters of
height. In our return, we stopped to admire the blue
Miscanti and Callejón Varela lagoons, filled with
ducks and flamingos.
The next day, we went out at 5 a.m., to arrive
to the geyser zone of Tatio, at 4 thousand and 300
meters of height, placed in a moonish landscape.
The steam appears from the earth, which spits boil-
ing water, the minerals draw outstanding shapes;
the cold is intense.
