The first high-altitude
Atacama Desert camps were established between 9,900 and 8,800 years ago.
This Declaration is a wake-up call to the need to reverse the uncontrolled use of water in the
Atacama Desert and guarantee access to clean water as an inalienable right for present and future generations.
"In the past researchers have found dying organisms near the surface and remnants of DNA but this is really the first time that anyone has been able to identify a persistent form of life living in the soil of the
Atacama Desert," Schulze-Makuch said.
The
Atacama Desert of Chile and Peru stretches almost parallel along the Pacific Coast for about 600 miles (1,000km).
The fact that the
Atacama Desert and Death Valley National Park both gave spectacular displays of colour within six months of each other is no coincidence.
High in the
Atacama Desert, around 10,000 feet, you can look at the fields around Turi, Chile, and see small neatly laid out fields, terraced and lined with rocks.
show that it is instead in the
Atacama Desert of Chile.
"The combination of high mountaintops and the driest desert air on the planet makes a trip to the
Atacama Desert the top choice for skywatchers," says Bob McDonald.
Muhn said, 'Chile is a high-potential solar market and home to some of the strongest solar irradiation in the world, particularly in the
Atacama Desert. While we see tremendous growth potential in Chile's utility-scale market, we also anticipate that the country's relatively high electricity prices and strong solar resources will provide a foundation for a thriving and sustainable distributed generation market in the future.'
The new antenna will be similar to the 25 SATCOM Technologies-built radio telescope antennas operating at the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array observatory that is located 200 km (124 miles) from the LLAMA site, in the Chilean portion of the
Atacama Desert.
The 9,374 Km-long route led from Rosario in Argentina across the Andes and the challenging
Atacama desert to Valparaiso in Chile at the Pacific coast.