Ischigualasto Provincial Park is located 273 kilometers away from the
capital of San Juan. It is better known as Valle de la Luna (Valley of
the Moon).
The shortest route from the City of San Juan to reach this place starts at Route 40 towards the north up to the District of Huaco, and from Huaco along Route 150 up to Valle de la Luna.
Featuring several tunnels and bridges and inaugurated in October 2014, this stretch of Route 150 is one of the most picturesque roads leading to this eye-catching site.
This strange clay formation, with a great variety of hues, shapes and different layers of mineral and sediments, provides a glimpse of the Earth evolution in the Triassic Period.
It is worth mentioning that the period between the formation of the planet and today has been divided into "eras” and "periods", the same way time is divided into in years and days. The first period of the Mesozoic era is the Triassic and it goes from 250 to 200 million years. Back then all the continents were joined in one mega continent called Pangea. During the Triassic period, on the west side of Pangea, some valleys were formed where sediments mixed with animals and plants remains accumulated.
As things from our childhood are kept in a chest, Ischigualasto has kept things from those times. Millions of years later, different movements and collisions of the tectonic plates have revealed those valleys that were covered by thousands of meters of younger rocks. As if a chest were opened, the Ischigualasto basin tells the story of what happened back then on Planet Earth.
The shortest route from the City of San Juan to reach this place starts at Route 40 towards the north up to the District of Huaco, and from Huaco along Route 150 up to Valle de la Luna.
Featuring several tunnels and bridges and inaugurated in October 2014, this stretch of Route 150 is one of the most picturesque roads leading to this eye-catching site.
This strange clay formation, with a great variety of hues, shapes and different layers of mineral and sediments, provides a glimpse of the Earth evolution in the Triassic Period.
It is worth mentioning that the period between the formation of the planet and today has been divided into "eras” and "periods", the same way time is divided into in years and days. The first period of the Mesozoic era is the Triassic and it goes from 250 to 200 million years. Back then all the continents were joined in one mega continent called Pangea. During the Triassic period, on the west side of Pangea, some valleys were formed where sediments mixed with animals and plants remains accumulated.
As things from our childhood are kept in a chest, Ischigualasto has kept things from those times. Millions of years later, different movements and collisions of the tectonic plates have revealed those valleys that were covered by thousands of meters of younger rocks. As if a chest were opened, the Ischigualasto basin tells the story of what happened back then on Planet Earth.
From www.welcomeargentina.com
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