Soil salt crust after a rainy day in the Atacama Desert
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Soil salt crust after a rainy day in the Atacama Desert

by Franko Arenas Díaz, Departamento de Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile

This photograph was taken in the area of Yungay, within the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert after an unusual day of rain.