Antofalla and beyond, Puna, NW Argentina, October 2018
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View of Salar de Antofalla, the town is across the other side, line of basaltic volcanoes within the valley |
Antofalla |
View across the Salar de Antofalla, towards one of the main massive Andean volcanoes |
Antofalla |
Antofalla village church |
Antofalla |
Villager |
Antofalla volcano and its alluvial fan |
As the town of Antofalla depopulates, pumas return (lions) creating trouble. Here are some instructions in the community house explaining what to do to avoid losing cattle to lions. |
To avoid pumas (lions) here are some solutions: guardian dogs, smoke, a corral for the night, and night lights. |
Botijuela geiser and hydrothermal field |
On the way to geiser and hydrothermal field |
Botijuela geiser and hydrothermal field |
View of the geiser |
View from geiser down towards the Salar de Antofalla |
Drilling for water for the mines in Salar de Alizaro (the largest in Argentina) |
Volcano across the Salar de Alizaro close to Chile |
View |
Looking at the Cono de Arita |
Cono de Arita, Salar de Alizaro |
Mining camp close to Cono de Arita |
Trucks crossing the Salar, serving the mining camp |
Trucks carrying machinery headed to mining camps close to Tolar Grande |
End of school day at San Antonio de los Cobres |
Ojos del Mar, Salta: stromatolites and extremophiles |
Ojos del Mar, Salta: stromatolites and extremophiles, volcanoes at the Chile border in background |
Ojos del Mar: stromatolites and extremophiles |
Ojos del Mar, Salta: stromatolites and extremophiles |