Highways





The landscape of the Atacama Desert and of Patagonia lends themselves to the regular sight of the long highway leading to the distant horizon. In the Andes themselves the hair-pin bends catch the eye (and occasionally the breath!).

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Wind farm on the highway from Calama to San Pedro

The highway from Calama to San Pedro in Atacama
with the Cordillera del Sal (Salt Mountain Range) on the horizon

Calama to San Pedro highway at the foot of the Cordillera del Sal

The highway across the Steppe from Cerro Castillo to El Calafate,  Patagonia (Argentina)

 

The road approaching Lago Argentino from the south,  Patagonia (Argentina)

 Approaching El Calafate from the south, Patagonia (Argentina)

 La Ruta del Fin del Mundo (The End of the World Highway), Patagonia (Chile)

Around the fjord of Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope), Patagonia (Chile)

Ruta Fin del Mundo on the way to Cerro Castillo

 

The road from Sad Pedro to the Atacama Salt Flats

 

One of the 78 hairpin bends on the highway though the Andes
from Santiago (Chile) to Mendoza (Argentina)

Trucks make their way through the hairpins on the Andean highway

The Andean Highway hugs the mountain side



Where the road stops at the bridge...

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