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Blues, purples, some yellows, and a small amount of green on the right side show where the Atacama Desert meets the foothills of the Andes.

Vivid colors belie the arid landscape of northern Chile where the Atacama Desert, one of the world's driest, meets the foothills of the Andes. Here salt pans and gorges choked with mineral-streaked sediments give way to white-capped volcanoes.