Copiapoa - Living on the Edge
Copiapoa in Habitat
  home [2001]     [2003]     [2004]

Copiapoathon 2003

18 June: S170

Pan de Azucar
'Ridge Road'

 -26.0378 S -70.61140 W Altitude 721 m.

Habitat overview
to the left, a 800 m sheer drop to the Pacific Ocean

Copiapoa grandiflora ssp. ritteri (syn. C esmeraldana)  
 

Also recorded: Eulychnia saint-pieana, Trichocereus deserticola

The camanchaca burns away as quickly as it arrives: looking inland

< Previous]            [Next >

All material, except where otherwise credited, is Copyright
 © 2001-2006 Paul Klaassen
---------- end of page ----------