El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) in the Atacama Desert, Chile

 

A landscape resembling a Moon crater

 

Amphitheater, Valle de la Luna in the Atacama Desert,

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 

원형경기장,아타카마 사막의 달의 계곡,

산페드로 데 아타카마, 칠레

 

El Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of San Pedro de Atacama,

in the north of Chile in the Cordillera de la Sal, in the Atacama Desert.

 

엘 발레 데 라 루나(달의 계곡)는 칠레 북부, 아타카마 사막의 코르디예라 데 라 살 산맥에 위치하며,

산페드로 데 아타카마에서 서쪽으로 13킬로미터(8마일) 떨어져 있다.

 

The lunar landscape of Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) of the Atacama Desert is in the Cordillera de la Sal. It's a mountain subrange that's part of the larger Domeyko range, which itself rolls up into the Andes—it's like nesting dolls, but with mountains. This region's extreme arid climate and lack of discernible life approximate conditions on Mars. NASA tested the Rover vehicles here, and there are numerous astronomical observatories taking advantage of the altitude and clear skies. Some scientists think Martian life may look a lot like microbial life in the Atacama.