images

Northern Chile satellite view

by

Nasa/GSFC/Novapix

Reference

t-sachi-00004

Date

2006-09-07

Vivid colors belie the arid landscape of northern Chile where the Atacama Desert, one of the world's driest, meets the foothills of the Andes. Here salt pans and gorges choked with mineral-streaked sediments give way to white-capped volcanoes. Image obtained with Terra satellite on October 28 2001.