The town of San Pedro de Atacama (Atacama Desert), Chile

The mining town of Atocha, Bolivia, on the Andean Altiplano (high plateau), the Andes Cordillera

The village of Iruya, province of Salta, Argentina, the Andes Cordillera

The village of Iruya, province of Salta, Argentina, the Andes Cordillera

The village of Iruya, province of Salta, Argentina, the Andes Cordillera

A carob tree, Calchaquí valley, Salta, Argentina

Gramins on the Andean Altiplano (Puna), Argentina

Cacti of the Trichocereus genus, near the 'Brealito' Lagoon, in the 'Calchaquí' valley, province of Salta, Argentina

Cacti of the Trichocereus genus, Andean Altiplano (Puna), Argentina

Cacti of the Trichocereus genus, Andean Altiplano, Argentina

Cacti in the upper Calchaquí valley, province of Salta, Argentina

Cacti of the Trichocereus genus, in the Calchaquí valley, province of Salta, Argentina

Cactus of the Trichocereus genus in flower, on the Andean Altiplano, Argentina

Gramins known as 'cortaderas', Catamarca, Argentina

Gramins known as 'cortaderas', in the background a 'young' volcano, Catamarca, Argentina

Flowering plant (summer), in the upper Calchaquí valley, province of Salta, Argentina