The Atacama Desert is huge, covering about 40,500 square ... making it a treasured part of Chile. The post Giant Hand in the Desert: The Mystery of La Mano del Desierto appeared first on Years ...

the ‘Giant of Atacama’ has succeeded to stand strong for centuries, which makes me think the message it contains was a very relevant one for the former inhabitants of the Atacama Desert ...

The geoglyphs in this 200 million-year-old desert have baffled scientists who are scratching their heads about where they've come from. Geoglyphs are a type of land art, occasionally rock art ...

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 ...

A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert ... at times by hand, he said, to avoid using explosives that might fracture the underlying rock. Giant ball bearings will insulate the telescope ...

the world's largest visible- and infrared-light telescope — is currently under development on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. The mighty telescope is expected to see its ...

The boxes are due to be assembled into one giant mirror approximately 1-1/2 ... It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on Earth for astronomy.