Seriously: Atacama soil was put in a tube of ... Not for nothing is the desert sometimes referred to as “Mars on Earth" – thanks to its extreme aridity, its specific soil type, and UV ...

Perhaps the closest analog to Mars on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. It is the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, and it experiences almost no rain. One scientist, Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch ...

Fog history of Atacama reconstructed Red destination: Choosing an Mars landing site As luck would ... Dr Schulze-Makuch's group is about to return to the desert to follow up on their sampling ...

“On Earth there are several environments similar to Mars, some of them are the Tinto River in Spain, the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Mojave Desert in the United States, Antarctica, the Sahara ...

The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive less ... have even studied them for clues about life on Mars. On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy ...

Plates of aluminum will be added to the exterior of the frame to protect the telescope from the extreme environment of the Atacama desert, including variable temperatures, according to a statement ...

At an incredible 5,800 metres (19,000ft) above sea level, this road has been declared the world's highest and climbs up the ...

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 ...

Researchers in Spain have investigated how climate change may possibly impact solar power generation in the world’s region with the highest solar radiation levels – the Atacama desert 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 ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...