Environmental Graffiti

Atacama’s Inhospitable Valley of the Moon

There are spots on earth that seem not of this earth. Chile’s Valle de la Luna, or Valley of the Moon, is one of those places. Barren, inhospitable and bursting with bizarre, polychromatic rock formations, it’s easy to see why this unique setting gets its name. Those who didn’t know better might think the scenes on the desert planet of Tatooine in Star Wars were filmed here, so otherworldly does this bone-dry landscape appear.

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