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Inca
geoglyphs at Cerro Unita and Pintados
near Iquique,
Chile We hired a taxi for the
full day and climbed
out of Iquique, Chile to the
high Pampa del Tamarugal (plain). There we visited Humberstone,
an
abandoned nitrate mining company town, and then went on to see the
geoglpyhs
at Cerro Unita and Pintados. The pampa is almost a perfect desert
(little to no recorded rain). This has
allowed
the geoglyphs to survive relatively intact for many centuries. We
found
it hard to understand how the Inca civilization could have thrived in
such
a desolate enviornment.
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 Climbing out of Iquique, Chile |
 Steel swimming pool at Humberstone, Chile |
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 Geoglyph at Cerro Unita, Chile |
 Geoglyph at Pintados, Chile |
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 Geoglyphs at Pintados, Chile |
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