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Rare Blanket of Snow Falls in Chile’s Atacama, the World’s Driest Desert
The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...
Rare snowfall in Atacama Desert forces the world's most powerful radio telescope into 'survival mode'
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN6d
Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desert
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...
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Rare Desert Snowfall Forces ALMA Observatory to Pause Operations
When science organizations in the United States, Europe, and Japan dreamed up a new, ultra-powerful millimeter and ...
Snow Covers World's Driest Desert 'Atacama' After A Decade
Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...
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Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desert - Phys.org
The Atacama Desert, the world's most arid, is COVERED IN SNOW," the ALMA observatory, situated 2,900 meters (9,500 feet) above sea level, wrote on X, alongside a video of vast expanses covered in ...
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Snow Blankets Atacama, the World’s Driest Desert, in Rare Weather Event
Snow covered Chile's Atacama Desert, offering a rare sight of winter in a place with almost nonexistent rainfall and normally ...
Driest place on Earth blanketed by rare snowfall in Chile. See winter wonderland
The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...
Snow cloaks Chile’s Atacama, world’s driest desert
Expert says climate modelling has shown this type of event will likely become more frequent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...