ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

Located in Chile’s Atacama Desert lies the highest motorable road ... or explore the Mars-like valleys of the Puna de Atacama plateau. Lying in a dormant state, the Nevado Ojos del Salado ...

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The desert’s remoteness and ... to move them to new locations on the plateau as needed. By the time it was officially inaugurated in March 2013, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...

Chile’s Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert hosts world-renowned observatories like the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment ...

In Alto Hospicio, a rapidly growing city in the Atacama Desert where the annual ... Rising like a mirage from the desert plateau, Alto Hospicio faces a critical challenge shared by many rapidly ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...