Desert of Atacama (3) - Piedras Rojas - Lagunas Miscanti y Miniques - SPECTACULAR scenery!

The outing on Day 3 was just awesome. The lines and colors in this desert are an "eye pleaser". We had the good luck to spot 3 rheas, cousins of ostriches/emus. Here are the pictures.

In the van - on our way!

My favorite viscunas - Chilean this time - I am sure you could tell!

Sorry for the streak on the picture but I could not delete this one :))

Here are the curious South American rheas

Piedras Rojas - Red stones

Laguna Miscanti and Miniques

We crossed the Equator in Ecuador, we are now crossing the tropic of Capricorn in Chile

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, 

pictures of infinite beauty"

John Ruskin