Valle de la Luna (Moon valley) officially qualifies as one of the strangest places I have ever seen. stone and sand have been folded into most bizarre formation , as a result of a sequence of transformations on the Earth's crust caused by the folding of the watery ground underneath the salt lake. I have never been to Moon (lack of time mostly), but I imagine it might look like this .
the valley is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of years. a prototype for a Mars rover was tested here by scientists because of the valley's dry and forbidding terrain. spooky place, especially shortly after sun has set below the horizon, but the light is still reflected off the clouds - you can see all tones of pink, purple and orange. not-to-be-missed place if you're in Chile's Norte Grande.

awesome. It was a beaitful place to be-all desert all around- as the sun went down-felt like you were oin the moon, no clouds and no rain for 130 years up to 2007

It's a place definitely worth a visit. Beware, it tends to get very crowded close to the sunset time.

Nice to bike through. Interesting formations and sand dunes.