Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Government: Chile sees another floral bloom in ‘flowering desert’ national park
The driest non-polar place on earth, the Atacama Desert, is currently covered with carpets of colorful blossoms. This natural spectacle only happens once or twice every ten years, and three years ago ...
News Chile » Atacama » Government: Dark Embrace
When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...
News Chile » Atacama » Government: Rare Rain Transforms One of the World's Driest Deserts Into a Sea of Flowers
One of the driest places on Earth has become a canvas of color after uncharacteristically heavy rainfall brought millions of dormant seeds and bulbs to life in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Vast stretches ...
News Chile » Atacama » Government: The Map and the Territory: Mining and Renewable Energy in the Atacama Desert
For several years, photographer Jamey Stillings has been documenting renewable energy projects. From high in the sky and on the ground, his work has explored the nuances of a very basic tension: Green ...