The Atacama Desert in northern Chile offers an extraordinary travel experience that captivates adventurers, astronomers and nature enthusiasts alike. With its extreme altitude, crystal-clear skies and ...

Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest and, it’s been argued, oldest desert in the world – characteristics that might lead travelers to believe it’s an arid, windswept wasteland with little or ...

Snow fell at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the world's driest nonpolar desert. ALMA / Felipe Besser Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large ...

Thanks to the lack of light pollution and altitude, the Atacama has some of the clearest night skies on earth, making for excellent stargazing. Cool off from the desert heat with refreshing swims in ...

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