Seriously: Atacama soil was put in a tube of ... Not for nothing is the desert sometimes referred to as “Mars on Earth" – thanks to its extreme aridity, its specific soil type, and UV ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

If life can exist deep under the Atacama Desert, maybe it can also exist under the surface of Mars. Credit: Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons What does this have to do with Mars, though? The Red ...

“On Earth there are several environments similar to Mars, some of them are the Tinto River in Spain, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Mojave Desert in the United States, Antarctica, the Sahara ...

The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive less ... have even studied them for clues about life on Mars. On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

Trump put Mars missions in the spotlight in his January inauguration speech. Experts don’t believe a flag-planting will be ...

Located in Chile’s Atacama Desert lies the highest motorable road ... Travelers may encounter flamingos in nearby saline lakes or explore the Mars-like valleys of the Puna de Atacama plateau.

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...