Puna desert grassland and Laguna Santa Rosa Chile
by James Brunker
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Puna desert grassland and Laguna Santa Rosa Chile
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James Brunker
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Dramatic storm clouds above the Puna de Atacama and Laguna Santa Rosa, a saline lake at 3760m / 12,335ft in the Nevado de Tres Cruces National Park in Chile. The ragged formations at the base of the cloud are called virga; rain or hail that evaporates before it reaches the ground and quite common in desert and high altitude regions. The Puna de Atacama has both factors in abundance, it is a vast high altitude volcanic desert plateau in the central Andes shared by Chile and Argentina. The sparse tufts of yellow ichu grass are typical of what is known as the desert puna / puna desiertica ecoregion; much of the Puna de Atacama has no vegetation at all.
Photograph © James Brunker. Reproduction, publication, transmission or use in any form without written permission prohibited.
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January 26th, 2023
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Larry Kniskern
James – congratulations on this image being selected as an initial candidate for consideration in the June 2023 "Photo of the Month" for the Go Take a Hike Photography Group. Even though not advancing as a finalist, this image is most worthy of recognition as a superb photographic effort, so congratulations and well done!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, James – your stunning scene has been selected as a Group Admin’s Pick from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Gloomy Day Landscapes photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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