News Chile Atacama: High and dry: Atacama desert a hidden travel gem
COPIAPO, Chile -- When my plane touches down at the Desierto de Atacama Airport in northern Chile, it feels as if I've been launched out of orbit to some Martian landscape. Aside from the small ...
News Chile Atacama: If Algae Clings to Snow on This Volcano, Can It Grow on Other Desolate Worlds?
In Chile’s Atacama Desert, Volcan Llullaillaco is Mars on Earth — or about as close to it as you can get. At 22,000 feet above sea level, it’s the second highest active volcano on Earth. Most of the ...
News Chile Atacama: Watch the 2019 Solar Eclipse as Seen in Chile and Argentina
The luckiest eclipse viewers may have been people at Chile’s La Silla Observatory, situated on a mountaintop in the Atacama Desert. Chile’s foreign ministry posted pictures on Twitter showing clear ...
News Chile Atacama: Solar eclipse plunges Chile into darkness
It happens only rarely in any given spot across the globe. The best views this time were from Chile’s sprawling Atacama desert north of the coastal city of La Serena, where a lack of humidity and city ...
News Chile Atacama: ‘Filters Off!’ Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse in Chile
It’s a place famous for its contributions to research on planets in other solar systems, but the roughly 1,000 people who had made the trip to the remote La Silla Observatory on the southern edge of ...
News Chile Atacama: Solar Eclipse 2019 in Chile: Chasing Totality in the Atacama Desert
To watch the total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019, I set out to the Atacama Desert in Chile, where totality will make its first landfall in South America. On the day of the eclipse, I'll be making the ...
News Chile Atacama: Top 28: exploration and adventure destinations
Completion date is scheduled for the first half of 2018. Set on a high plateau in the Andes Mountains of northeastern Chile, San Pedro de Atacama beckons adventure seekers. Diversity is the theme ...
News Chile Atacama: Chile's Cheap Power - Sign Of A Solar Future?
Local context is important, as Chile’s Atacama Desert (where the plant is located) is one of the driest areas in the world, with an enormous amount of insolation. Chile has been taking advantage of ...
News Chile Atacama: A landscape like no other: Exploring the surreal southern end of the Atacama Desert
When my plane touches down at the Desierto de Atacama Airport in northern Chile, it feels as if I’ve been launched out of orbit to some Martian landscape. Aside from the small terminal, there isn’t ...
