Private Chile vacation. From the Andes to the Easter Island, from the Atacama desert to the glaciers. To meet this land of extremes with personal guide and car.
This is the most arid desert on Earth, with some weather stations here having never recorded any rain. It’s a breathtaking place with incredible silence and powerful winds. The soundscapes in this collection were recorded around giant rock pillars, endless rock plains and fields of sparse dry ...
The Atacama Giant is one out of nearly 5,000 geoglyphs - ancient artwork that is drawn into the landscape - that have been discovered in the Atacama in the last three decades. WikiMatrix Maar ik heb geen 2,5 miljard dollar om mijn eigen robot naar Mars te sturen, dus bestudeer ik...
"It's a really interesting place to see how tenacious life is on Earth and what the climatic limits to life as we know it really are," said Amundson. But even the most tenacious of life-forms can be disrupted. On average, the driest part of the Atacama receives less than a millimeter...
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