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A Blanket of Snow Covers The Atacama As Intense Winter Storms Cause Flooding And Mudslides In The Usually Arid Regionsnow blankets the atacama in this MODIS image from NASA

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A Blanket of Snow Covers The Atacama As Intense Winter Storms Cause Flooding And Mudslides In The Usually Arid Regionsnow blankets the atacama in this MODIS image from NASA
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A Blanket of Snow Covers The Atacama As Intense Winter Storms Cause Flooding And Mudslides In The Usually Arid Region

clock-iconAugust 28, 2026

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The Driest Non-Polar Desert On Earth Is Actually 20 Million Years Older Than Thought – And It Puts The Sahara To ShameThe Atacama Desert at sunrise

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The Driest Non-Polar Desert On Earth Is Actually 20 Million Years Older Than Thought – And It Puts The Sahara To ShameThe Atacama Desert at sunrise
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The Driest Non-Polar Desert On Earth Is Actually 20 Million Years Older Than Thought – And It Puts The Sahara To Shame

clock-iconJune 9, 2026

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World's Driest Hot Desert Just Burst Into A Rare And Fleeting Desert BloomAtcama desert with a carpet of purple flowers.

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World's Driest Hot Desert Just Burst Into A Rare And Fleeting Desert BloomAtcama desert with a carpet of purple flowers.
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World's Driest Hot Desert Just Burst Into A Rare And Fleeting Desert Bloom

clock-iconOctober 10, 2025
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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom

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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022purple flowers covering a vast area in the Atacama Desert, during a desert bloom
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World's Driest Hot Desert Set To See Major Desert Bloom Next Month, The First Since 2022

clock-iconAugust 19, 2025
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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On EarthPanoramic view of Alto Hospicio in Chile's Atacama Desert

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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On EarthPanoramic view of Alto Hospicio in Chile's Atacama Desert
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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On Earth

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2025
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Racing Cars And Motorcycles Destroy 1,000-Year-Old Geoglyphs In Atacama DesertMotor vehicle tracks have torn through the geoglyphs of Alto Barranco in Atacama Desert, Chile.

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Racing Cars And Motorcycles Destroy 1,000-Year-Old Geoglyphs In Atacama DesertMotor vehicle tracks have torn through the geoglyphs of Alto Barranco in Atacama Desert, Chile.
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Racing Cars And Motorcycles Destroy 1,000-Year-Old Geoglyphs In Atacama Desert

clock-iconOctober 7, 2024
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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter BloomLa Silla Observatory superbloom

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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter BloomLa Silla Observatory superbloom
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Earth's Driest Hot Desert Just Turned Purple In Rare Winter Bloom

clock-iconJuly 11, 2024
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World’s Highest Astronomical Observatory Finally Opens – 5,640 Meters Above Sea LevelTAO Atacama Desert

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World’s Highest Astronomical Observatory Finally Opens – 5,640 Meters Above Sea LevelTAO Atacama Desert
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World’s Highest Astronomical Observatory Finally Opens – 5,640 Meters Above Sea Level

clock-iconMay 1, 2024
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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert
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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot Desert

clock-iconApril 26, 2024
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The World's Oldest Mummies Are Found Nowhere Near EgyptOldest mummy in the world in conservation room

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The World's Oldest Mummies Are Found Nowhere Near EgyptOldest mummy in the world in conservation room
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The World's Oldest Mummies Are Found Nowhere Near Egypt

clock-iconNovember 7, 2023
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Hunter-Gatherers Inflicted 10,000 Years Of Violence In The Atacama DesertAtacama Desert weapons

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Hunter-Gatherers Inflicted 10,000 Years Of Violence In The Atacama DesertAtacama Desert weapons
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Hunter-Gatherers Inflicted 10,000 Years Of Violence In The Atacama Desert

clock-iconSeptember 20, 2023
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The Sunniest Place On Earth Is Like Standing On VenusA llama in the The The Atacama is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. desert with mountains and sky

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The Sunniest Place On Earth Is Like Standing On VenusA llama in the The The Atacama is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. desert with mountains and sky
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The Sunniest Place On Earth Is Like Standing On Venus

clock-iconJuly 27, 2023
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A Dark Secret Lies In The Atacama DesertOld clothes discarded in the Atacama Desert, imported from Europe, Asia and the USA. Residents of the nearby town of Alto Hospicio, Iquique collect textiles from the mountains of trash and sell the used clothing at the local market. The rest is thrown away and burned.

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A Dark Secret Lies In The Atacama DesertOld clothes discarded in the Atacama Desert, imported from Europe, Asia and the USA. Residents of the nearby town of Alto Hospicio, Iquique collect textiles from the mountains of trash and sell the used clothing at the local market. The rest is thrown away and burned.
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A Dark Secret Lies In The Atacama Desert

clock-iconJuly 21, 2023
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TWIS: Discovery Of Unknown DNA In Mars-Like Conditions, 360-Million-Year Old Predatory Fish Was The Length Of Five Corgis, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.

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TWIS: Discovery Of Unknown DNA In Mars-Like Conditions, 360-Million-Year Old Predatory Fish Was The Length Of Five Corgis, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.
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TWIS: Discovery Of Unknown DNA In Mars-Like Conditions, 360-Million-Year Old Predatory Fish Was The Length Of Five Corgis, And Much More This Week

clock-iconFebruary 24, 2023
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Why Is The Atacama Skeleton So Controversial?Ata the Atacama Skeleton, a mummified specimen from Atacama region of Chile.

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Why Is The Atacama Skeleton So Controversial?Ata the Atacama Skeleton, a mummified specimen from Atacama region of Chile.
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Why Is The Atacama Skeleton So Controversial?

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2023
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