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On a fifty years old chevrolet car, we follow a faint-track in the direction of Putre. The wind whips the faces of the natives that are covered in a last attempt at defense. The link between earth and sky is in the cosmogony of the Andean peoples. On the andean highlands, there are several research centers that use large telescopes for the observation of celestial bodies: Panaral, Cerro Pachon, Las Campanans. In exceptional years, the rare rains return to wet lands of the arid Atacama desert, causing an explosion of nature. Continue reading →