The Atacama Desert in Chile is a harsh environment. Yet, once upon a time, humans were traipsing across the landscape committing enormous drawings to the earth – drawings that would endure for ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

Several giant teeth from an extinct prehistoric megalodon shark have been found in Chile's Atacama Desert, and a top expert has said that despite treasure hunters pillaging the area, the South ...

In 2001, Canadian non-profit group FogQuest set up a series of giant mesh nettings held up by pipes that act as gutters in Falda Verde, a high-altitude area in the Atacama Desert.

A new one is taking shape in the Atacama Desert. ... Neither the Giant Magellan nor the Thirty Meter Telescope has yet raised enough money — $2.54 billion and $3.7 billion — to fulfill its ...

“By purchasing a $44 Existing Image at 50 cm resolution, we can confirm the giant clothes pile in the desert of Chile exists and is growing,” SkyFi tweeted.. The Atacama Desert is the driest ...

Building a giant in the desert. Over the next decade, parts will be shipped to the construction site in Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets only 0.2 inches of rain a year in some places.

Driving through Chile’s Atacama Desert can be disorienting, and travelers may mistake an unusual monument for a mirage. But Hand of the Desert is indeed a 36-foot hand rising from the sand.

A multi-million dollar renovation of the Tierra Atacama hotel has transformed one of the driest places on earth into a high-end destination.

To be housed in a building 22 stories high, on a plateau of the Atacama Desert of Chile, the Giant Magellan Telescope will be the largest optical telescope ever built.

Reuters. A view of the site where European Southern Observatory (ESO) is constructing the world's largest optical telescope atop a mountain in Chile's arid Atacama desert, in Chile, January 26, 2025.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a harsh environment. Yet, once upon a time, humans were traipsing across the landscape committing enormous drawings to the earth – drawings that would endure for ...