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Chile - astronomer's paradise
With its height, dry atmosphere, rarely recorded and quiet rainfall, the Atacama desert in northern Chile has been chosen by astronomers as a place to place some telesco…
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Environment
The world's most arid desert turns into a colorful sea of flowers
The Atacama Desert in Chile, considered to be the driest on Earth, transformed itself almost after only one night from the vacant land that stretched into a colorful sea…
Environment
Rare rainbow suddenly appeared in the desert
An amazing natural phenomenon has just happened in the Atacama desert.
Environment
The phenomenon of snowfall is very strange in the Atacama desert
People living nearby said that this is the most dense snowfall during the last three decades in the world's most arid desert land.
Environment
Atacama Desert - Mars on Earth
Arid and deserted with bacteria, land in the Atacama Desert (Chile), one of the oldest, driest deserts in the world, very similar to the gravel-red soil on Mars. This fi…
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Arid desert 'risen' covered with roses
The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places in the world, suddenly turning into a sea of blooming flowers, filled with fresh pink.
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Robots find life in the harshest place
The areas of the Atacama Desert are one of the most lacking conditions for life on earth, and even bacteria are difficult to survive. Every decade, rainfall is measured…