This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

Walk on a glass floor suspended over ancient mummified remains.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.