Island Girl Just South of Antofagasta

On her fifth day of migration, Island Girl flew 225 km (140 mi) along the coast and roosted in the desert hills about 62 km (39 miles) south of Antofagasta. It appears that she slept on a barren hillside in as intense a desert situation as you can imagine. She was about 26 km (16 miles) inland from the coast. She has now migrated 1,241 km (771 miles) to date.

She wound up sleeping near the northern end of an unusual N-S escarpment which may have formed a leading line in from the coast. Check it out. Pretty unusual for this area.

There are also some blue square photos showing another astronomical observatory near there with some photos of the adjacent terrain. Also check out the "giant hand" photos to the east. We all visited there two years ago.

Based on her line, she may have passed right over the area where Kathy Gunther and I spent two days looking for Paco's transmitter last month. This was just north of Taltal on the coast.

I am sending Mark some photos of the area in hopes that he will post them here so you can see the terrain.