Most Atacama tourists are drawn to the north ... Spanish colonial rulers paid less attention to the desert, but Chile, Peru and Bolivia were all the more interested, and after gaining independence ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself ... In 2020, a giant 2,000-year-old cat among the Nazca lines was discovered in Peru, and in 2023, the largest known cat, geoglyph, was discovered ...

and the winds from the Pacific to the west picking up little moisture as they pass over the cold Peru Current (formerly called the Humboldt Current), the Atacama Desert is known to be among the ...

Chile's Tarapacá region sits near the borders with Bolivia and Peru. The region's hyperarid Atacama Desert has been compared to Mars. The desert soil contains a mix of chemicals carried by ...

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 ...

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 ...