Valle de la Luna (Chile)
- 22.9112 - 68.32303Koordinaten: 22 ° 54 ' 40.3 "S, 68 ° 19' 22.9 " W
The Valle de la Luna ( Spanish " Valley of the Moon ") is a desert landscape in the Chilean region of Antofagasta.
The valley runs as part of the Atacama desert near the Salar de Atacama and the Licancabur volcano and is the sixth sector of the company founded in 1990 National Reserve Los flamenco. It is located around 17 kilometers from the town of San Pedro de Atacama. As the attractions in the area is also visited the Valle de la Luna by relatively many tourists. It is quite similar to a few kilometers further north valley of death.
The vegetated area looks like the surface of the moon, hence the name. Towards evening, looking particularly many tourists on a dune to catch a view of the shimmering red by the setting sun cliffs and take pictures. Some locations in the Valle de la Luna have salt. Among the best known attractions in the valley the salt formation Las Tres Marías counts ( Spanish " The Three Marys ").
Flora and Fauna
Plants occur only sporadically. This includes Caryophyllales. The drought in conjunction with the high day and low night temperatures to be hard to vegetation. The wildlife is next to the Andes jackal from a few species of birds such as a Töpfervogelart.