The incredible road that's the 'world's highest' at 19,000ft near a volcano
At an incredible 5,800 metres (19,000ft) above sea level, this road has been declared the world's highest and climbs up the ...
900 Years of Watching the Stars: A 12th-Century Fortress’s Cosmic Legacy
While astronomers often set their sights on the stars, the landscapes surrounding their observatories can be just as ...
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Now Open In Chile’s Striking Atacama Desert: Our Habitas Atacama
A narrow canyon leading to the volcano Licancabur in the Atacama Desert. At night, the singular views continue: located miles above sea level with no major cities to bring in obstructing light ...
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Mega earthquake, tsunami hit Chile’s Atacama Desert some 3,800 years ago
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 ...
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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 ...
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Lukashenko congratulated on election victory by Belarusian mountaineers from top of world’s highest volcano
Belarusian mountaneers Konstantin and Anastasia Lapko have climbed the highest volcano on the planet: Ojos del Salado. On February 6th, ...
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Earth's Most Resilient Organisms Could Help Us Find Life on Mars
If life can exist deep under the Atacama Desert, maybe it can also exist under ... that might contain life more easily. "Mars has mud volcanoes," Lloyd said. "There are places on Mars that you ...