Reaching each corner of this desert requires a fair amount of ... and barbecued alpaca (chewy). The uber-dry climate also makes Atacama a wine haven, with the Carmenere top pick for a full-bodied ...

At an incredible 5,800 metres (19,000ft) above sea level, this road has been declared the world's highest and climbs up the ...

"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 ...

Researchers in Spain have investigated how climate change may possibly impact solar power generation in the world’s region with the highest solar radiation levels – the Atacama desert in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...