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The driest hot desert on Earth is in a bloom frenzy. Here’s why
Still, this South American desert is extremely dry. In fact, some weather stations in the Atacama have never recorded rainfall. Despite the harsh conditions, the Atacama Desert is home to a ...
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Secret biosphere found 13 feet below world’s driest hot desert
The Atacama Desert resembles a Martian landscape with ... The researchers found a resilient group of bacteria thriving in the ...
Milky Way Marvels: 10 stunning stargazing locations on Earth
Are you fascinated by planets and stars? Do you love staring into the night sky? Here are some places that guarantee a ...
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COSMIC DAWN
The desert’s remoteness and inhospitably thin, dry air—ideal for observing the ... and the U.S. converged on the Atacama Desert. HERNÁN QUINTANA, who had pored over the military maps of ...
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4 Penguin Species That Prove These Birds Can Survive Just About Anywhere
About 700 miles long, the Atacama Desert features sand dunes and low, coastal mountains of dry rock that descend into salt flats. It is also the driest place on the planet. In this harsh landscape ...
El País in English7d
Industrial mega-project in Chile threatens one of the most important astronomical observatories in the world
The scientific community is warning about a 3,000-hectare power plant that is jeopardizing the darkness of the skies over the ...
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Now Open In Chile’s Striking Atacama Desert: Our Habitas Atacama
"There is no place on earth quite like the Atacama desert,” explains Oliver Ripley, Our Habitas Co-Founder and CEO. “It's an incredibly serene and humbling place, which is a draw for those ...
U.S. News & World Report3d
Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert
Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...