The photograph shows the Valle de la Luna, part of the amazing Cordillera de la Sal mountain range in northern Chile. Rising only 200 metres above the basin of the Salar de Atacama salt flat, the ridges of the Cordillera de la Sal represent a strongly folded sequence of clastic sediments and evapourites (salt can be seen in the left portion of the image), with interspersed volcanic material. This ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Cordillera de la Sal
Cordillera de la Sal. Credit: Martin Mergili (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)