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Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
Rare Blanket of Snow Falls in Chile’s Atacama, the World’s Driest Desert
The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...
Driest place on Earth blanketed by rare snowfall in Chile. See winter wonderland
The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape ...