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RE: My trip to Atacama - the driest place in the world || #club5050
Fantastic images, colors (!), wildlife.
300 years without rain - hard to imagine how it is possible on this planet where water is everywhere. An ancient curse by ancient gods, I have no other explanation ;) (Although I had meteorology at university but ... Too long time ago... Probably a cold current along the coast...)
Boiled tourist -- selfie-related deaths are a phenomenon. Some curious selfie deaths here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_selfie-related_injuries_and_deaths
"Behind the mountains, beyond the forests, in distant North America" --
South...
Alas, Atacama is too far away so I only can dream. But some steppes and deserts are available in Kazakhstan (Mangystau Region, for example) and the Central Asia....
So that was Belgian! I didn't remember that. The accident from el Tatio geysers included in the list in your link
Too many thoughts in one place. Probably was already thinking about writing that it's north of Chile. Thanks, edited.
Kazakhstan and Mongolia are my dreams! I would love to explore those two countries. Some day I will surely visit it. Crossing the steppes on the horse - that would be something ;)