Heading north towards Antofogasta.
Past the Tropic of Capricorn.
Went back from the Elqui Valley to La Serena on the coast and caught a night bus towards the Atacama desert.
Wanted a daytime trip to see the land, but i think they all originate in the early mornings (north) from Santiago.
This was one of the views when i awoke.
The desert in the morning was splendid.
All the colours not just from the sun but the minerals and oxides. Greens, ochres, sulphate yellows, volcanic orange and red hues.
This land, desert is rich in these and other minerals, lots of mining for copper, nitrate, manganese, silver, granite, salt and more.
We are in the territory of where the Chilean miners were trapped underground for weeks.
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