the curious effects of wind erosion in the atacama desert:



even though i slathered myself with sunblock every other minute, i still got toasted. i learned an important lesson that day, particularly while hunting for an overhang under which i could eat my lunch. in the world's driest desert, do not expect to find any shade. whatsoever. because it ain't there.

the only reason why you can see just a shred of shadow up there is because---finally---the sun was beginning to set. sadly, this was not the case during the grand majority of our bike ride.