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Silent Shopping Mall, Iquique, Chile<br> Chile picture - This silent shopping mall, comprised of very small shops, slumbers in a quiet corner of one of the hottest, driest cities in the world. The Atacama Desert is just inland, and its dust coats everything in town. These merchants have raised a canopy over their street, hoping to ward off heat and dirt. A woman stands before a tour agency, probably waiting for customers. The canopy, a long streak of light on the ground, and the row of doors, lead to this patient woman and the signs that surround her.
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This silent shopping mall, comprised of very small shops, slumbers in a quiet corner of one of the hottest, driest cities in the world. The Atacama Desert is just inland, and its dust coats everything in town. These merchants have raised a canopy over their street, hoping to ward off heat and dirt. A woman stands before a tour agency, probably waiting for customers. The canopy, a long streak of light on the ground, and the row of doors, lead to this patient woman and the signs that surround her.
South America
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