Curicó
The „City of wine“ with a nice Plaza
The Beaches from Caleta Pichicuy
The mystique vallys near Pisco Elqui
The vally of Río Turbio
Seeing the moon trough the Telescope of the Observatorio del Pangue
The road into the „land of observatories“ by daylight
Caleta Pan de Azucar near Chañaral
Unexpected variety of landscapes in the National Parc Pan de Azucar
The ESO Observatory on Mount Paranal
Officina Humberstone near Iquique
Once a busy workplace for the production of fertilizer
With a swimming pool (in the desert!) an a theatre
Iquique, the „Miami“ of Chile
Another country?!? By leaving Iquique on Route 1 you have to pass a „border control“ with a check of all the documents and you’ll get a nice stamp! 🙂
A nice strech of coastal road between Iquique and Tocopilla…
…but better keep your eyes on the road and don‘t overtake!
The 160 MWp photovotaic plant „Finis Terrae“ in the desert between Tocopilla and Calama. Now (March 2017) it is not the largest plant in Chile anymore. The El Romero Solar PV Plant is with 246 MWp peak capacity became operational end of 2016.
Windfarm in the „valle de los vientos“ near Calama….
… and the big man made mountains of the copper mine Chuquicamata.
