this was one of the many cool natural sights, like the palindromic lake, in between san pedro de atacama and the salar. it's called arbol de piedra which translates as stone tree - for obvious reasons. i forget how the rocks came to exist in these weird shapes, something to do with volcanic erosion maybe, but it's a really unusual sight - particularly in the middle of a seemingly barren desert. me gusta.

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this was one of the many cool natural sights, like the palindromic lake, in between san pedro de atacama and the salar. it's called arbol de piedra which translates as stone tree - for obvious reasons. i forget how the rocks came to exist in these weird shapes, something to do with volcanic erosion maybe, but it's a really unusual sight - particularly in the middle of a seemingly barren desert. me gusta.

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