Atacama. Cerro Toco

Atacama. Vado Putana Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

It was nice to relax and drive around, but we came in the Atacama for acclimatization in the first place, so . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Cerro Toco

Apple blossom

Terns

Royal tern ака Thalasseus maximus. They inhabit sandy beaches of the south of North America from New York to Los Angeles. When they don’t catch fish, they rest on the beach.

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Black and White Winter

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Atacama. Vado Putana

Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

The Atacama, as many deserts, has some rivers. These rivers, like many desert rivers, not always appear on the surface, very often they hide underground. Places, where water . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Vado Putana

Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio

Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

After Laguna Cejar we decided that it is time to visit some place with higher elevation. We choose Geyser Valley El Tatio. It locates north of San Pedro, near the border with Bolivia. It is the edge . . . → Continue reading Atacama. Geyser Valley El Tatio

Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

The main aim of our winter travel to Chilie was climbing Ojos del Saldo, the highest volcano in the world. It is also pretty high in absolute numbers, 6893 meters, so required acclimatisation. Acclimatisation near the Ojos, as most climbers do, is very boring and uncomfortable – . . . → Continue reading Atacama. San Pedro and Laguna Cejar

Hunting

Little Green heron aka Butorides virescens sat on the log right in the middle of Florida bogs and sharply looked in the water.

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Anemone

In the meantime in Skagit Valley

More yellow:

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