Jack Dykinga / Valle de la Luna, The Codillera de Sal, formed by layer upon layer of salt, sand and clay, creating strata that buckled with earth's crust and lined with sand dunes. Atacama Desert, Chile. April 2009

Mark Bowler / Large flock of roosting Grey gulls (Leucophaeus modestus) on beach with coastal fog over the Atacama Desert on the Peruvian coast, Paracas National Park, Peru.

Tui De Roy / The rainless coast of the Atacama Desert is bordered by rich Humboldt Current upwelling, Paracas National Reserve, Peru

Tui De Roy / Atacama Desert, weather beaten sea cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Paracas Peninsula, Peru

Pete Oxford / Antofagasta, Atacama Desert coastal landscape, Chile, South America

Pete Oxford / Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Pete Oxford / Death Valley, Atacama Desert, Chile, South America

Oriol Alamany / Licancabur volcano and surrounding mountains reflected in waters of a severe flood caused by climate change. Los Flamencos National Reserve, Antofagasta , Chile. February 2019.

Daniel Heuclin / Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) juvenile, Salar Atacama, Chile.

Daniel Heuclin / Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) juvenile, Salar Atacama, Chile.

Daniel Heuclin / Andean flamingo (Phoenicoparrus andinus) and Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) taking off, Salar d'Atacama, Chile.

Daniel Heuclin / Andean flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus) in flight, Salar d'Atacama, Chile.