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Waves of the Pacific Ocean roll into Antofagasta, Chile. Since the city is situated in the Atacama Desert — the driest region in the world — it has incredibly sparse vegetation. In total, Antofagasta is home to nearly 400,000 residents and is the third largest city in the country.

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-23.650000°, -70.400000°

Source imagery: Maxar

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Lima week, day 5: A slight hint of Boston City Hall Oswaldo Núñez: Police Cooperative, Lima, Peru, 1971 Photo: Hector Abarca

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Der Schildower Kreis ist ein Experten-­Netzwerk für die Legalisierung von Drogen . Sprecher des Schildower Kreises ist Bernd Werse , promovierter Soziologe am Centre for Drug Research der Frankfurter Goethe-Universität . >https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schildower_Kreis

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A remarkable new discovery made by Peruvian archaeologists! They've uncovered two 1,400-year-old murals depicting "two-faced men" within a ceremonial hall that may refer to sacrifice and "cosmic realms" in the Moche culture.

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Sunrise in the high mountains of the Andes ❤️🌞 | maxrivephotography

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Atacama par Danielle Pereira Via Flickr : No Chile, o relevo montanhoso ocupa 80% de seu território, garantindo à famosa Cordilheira dos Andes, que perpassa o país, uma altitude média de 5 mil metros acima do nível do mar. E é nas alturas, entre a Cordilheira e o oceano Pacífico, que se eleva o árido Deserto do Atacama, considerado o mais seco do mundo. A seca e a altitude, no entanto, são fatores que enriquecem as belezas dessa incrível região. En Chile, las montañas cubren 80% del território. Y la famosa Cordillera de los Andes, que pasa a lo largo del país, alcanza la media de altitud de 5 mil metros. Ubicado entre la Cordillera y el Océano Pacífico se eleva hasta el cielo el Desierto de Atacama, el más árido del mundo. Sin embargo, la sequía y la altitud son características que añaden más belleza a esa increíble región. In Chile, the mountains cover 80% of the territory. And the Andes range, that goes throughout the country, reaches an average height of about 5.000 metres. Located between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, rises the most arid desert in the world: Atacama. Nevertheless, the dry weather and the altitud seem to be an important elements that increase the beauty of the reagion.

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In Altolar, architecture acts as a border between the city’s space and a quiet room inside full of tropical vegetation, open circulation corridors, and aerial bridges. A large architectural form, built on an existing retaining wall, which picks up the topography of the hill:

James Walter Alcock: Edificio Altolar, Caracas, Venezuela, 1966

http://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/15890775

Photo: Julio César Mesa 2014 (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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Quito is the capital and second most populous city in Ecuador, with roughly 2 million residents. Located at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 meters) above sea level, it is also the second highest official capital city in the world (behind La Paz, Bolivia). The city is divided into 32 urban parishes, or cabildos, and this Overview features the wavy street grid of the Chimbacalle parish.

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Source imagery: Airbus Space © CNES 2020, Distribution Airbus DS

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Population density map is Peru, 2020.

by @researchremora

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Lake Poopó is a saline lake in the Altiplano Mountains of Bolivia. At peak water levels, it covered roughly 390 square miles (1,000 square km) and was the second-largest lake in the country, but now it is almost completely dried up. Scientists believe that diversion of the lake’s waters for agriculture and mining played a large role in its decline.

-18.550000°, -67.083333°

Source imagery: Google Timelapse / Planet

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Punta Hermosa, Peru, 2021

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985. Walter Weberhofer /// Elías Fernandini House /// Santa María del Mar, Lima, Peru /// 1957-58

OfHouses presents Heroes VII: Walter Weberhofer. (Photos: Archivo Weberhofer, Lima; M. A. Rodriguez Cancelo; Ana Zacharias. Source: Héctor Abarca Torres, ‘Walter Weberhofer: el proyecto moderno en el Perú’, Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad de Lima, 2017; Alejandra Acevedo, ‘Catálogo Arquitectura Movimiento Moderno Perú’, Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Universidad de Lima, 2019.)

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Canyon de Autisha / Peru (by Kari Josselyn).

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Indigene in Bolivien

Sie skaten, klettern und wrestlen. In Bolivien treiben Frauen, die Cholitas Bravas, Sport in traditioneller Kleidung.

www.zeit.de/sport/2023-03/indigene-bolivien-cholitas-skaters-celia-d-luna

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Los Caracoles Pass — or “The Snail’s Pass” — is a twisting mountain road located in a remote section of the Andes Mountains on the Chilean side of the border with Argentina. The path climbs to an elevation of 10,419 feet (3,175 m), has no roadside safety barriers, and is frequented by large trucks.

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Source imagery: Maxar

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The amazing BD Bacatá, soaring over the historic center of Bogotá, currently the country’s tallest building and one of several prominent specimens of the recent High-Tech revival across Latin America. An extraordinary, exuberant complex, loaded with some of the best features of High-Tech skyscraper tradition, especially the cascading series of exterior stairwells. The aluminum-clad stairways on the left are clearly a Lloyd’s reference. The glass-cube pedestrian bridge connecting the two towers is a lovely touch as well. Photo February 2017 Bauzeitgeist.