Chile offers an incredible variety of landscapes that take you from the driest desert in the world to the breathtaking glaciers in the south. Discover the unique charm of Atacama Desert with its ...

The rise of fast fashion and its contribution to waste has left many people asking, "What can I do when I'm just one person?" ...

Paragliding over the Atacama Desert gives you a unique look at one of the driest places on the planet. Famous for its colorful landscapes and breathtaking views, this desert makes for an ...

Credit: Antoine Delaunay/Guillaume Baby/Abdallah Zaki An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula’s desert was once shaped by a ...

The Atacama Crossing is a 155 mi (250 km) six-stage foot race held in the Atacama desert in Chile. It is a self-supported ultramarathon, which means that runners have to carry their clothes, equipment ...

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In the north of Chile, the arid and remote Atacama Desert receives less than a millimetre of rain a year. From NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite, it looks like nothing grows here, although the saline ...

Panoramic view of the Tara Cathedrals (left) and the Tara salt flat in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Known as the driest non-polar desert in the ...

San Cristóbal Hill (Cerro San Cristóbal) stands nearly 3,000 feet above the rest of Metropolitan Park, a large swath of green spread between the neighborhoods of Providencia and Vitacura.

An international research team studied the solar PV impact of emissions from a coal-fired power plant in the Atacama Desert, Chile finding that after five months of exposure, the deposited dust on ...

In this image, the ethereal blue and green pools create a mirage-like effect across vast salt flats, capturing not an alien landscape but rather the engineered terrain of Chile’s largest lithium ...

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky.