Golden Hour over the snow-capped Lascar Volcano

These two photos were shot at golden hour during sunset which is the time of day when the light is really good to work with. It brings out softer, warmer tones that make all landscape photography look great.

The Atacama Desert is very colourful,but the worst thing you can do is shoot during the day (in-between golden hours) when the sun is high in the sky and too harsh / overexposed for photography. There are definitely ways you can combat this midday light (with different filters e.g neutral density filters, or even polarizing filters), but the easiest way is to shoot in better light. These two shots show how much better a photo can be during golden hour.

Golden Hour over the Atacama Desert