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.

Taken on 19 July 2018
Submitted on 11 February 2019

11712 × 3816 px; image/jpeg; 41.4 MB
Camera: Apple iPhone 8

Credit: Franko Arenas Díaz (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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