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Atacama DesertArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlThe Associated PressThe city of 170000 people in northern Chile is in the heart of the barren Atacama Desert, squeezed between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean. Cacti abound in the Atacama Desert - Jul 19, 2009 The Desert SunEditor's note: Jim Cornett has just returned from the Atacama Desert of Peru and Chile. This is the last of a three-part series describing his experiences. Solar powered actuators for slurry pipeline in the Chilean desert - Jul 21, 2009 Oil OnlineThe Atacama Desert in north-east Chile is traversed by an eighty kilometre pipeline owned by the mining company Compañia Minera del Pacifico SA. Britain's dirty money: How the loose change in our pockets is ... - Aug 1, 2009 Daily MailBehind us, back along the highway, is Calama, a small provincial capital in the Atacama desert. Copper mining is invasive in the extreme. Have shoes, will travel - Jul 27, 2009 Straits Times...the dusty basins of the Gobi desert in Asia, through freezing Antarctica and the dry plateaus of the Atacama desert in South America. Ten Years of Putin - Aug 4, 2009 Right Side NewsWhile many countries have some sort of geographic barrier that grants a degree of safety - Chile has the Andes and the Atacama Desert, the United Kingdom Another key role in space - Jul 19, 2009 The AustralianThe $1 billion GMT will be constructed in Chile's high-altitude Atacama Desert and operated by a consortium of institutions from Australia, the US and South To the new seven wonders - Jul 31, 2009 Sofia EchoA 'Reserve List' has also been created, including destinations such as the Atacama Desert, Christmas Island and Mount Olympus. Candidates on the Reserve Define Child Rights - Jul 13, 2009 American ChronicleHuman sacrifice is well documented in different countries around the globe specifically in the Atacama Desert region in South America where mummified Comic-Con: Thoughts on Richard Kelly's The Box Footage - Jul 27, 2009 First ShowingIf they can't detect life in the Atacama Desert, or the hills of Hawaii, they are not ready for Mars," he added. "The fact that no organic molecules were Workers Struggles: The Americas - Jul 13, 2009 World Socialist Web SiteThe mine, an open-pit mine located in the Atacama Desert, 1000 kilometers north of Santiago, normally produces 800 ounces of gold per day. Local endurance athletes call Tour de France sports' most grueling ... - Jul 24, 2009 Stockton RecordThey plan to run in March through the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. "In essence, it's six marathons in six days across the harshest terrain I've ever Planet Earth DVD Set - Jul 28, 2009 Discovery NewsFrom the llama-like guanacos of Chile's Atacama Desert that survive by licking dew from cactus spines to lions that scour arid Namibia for antelopes, World's longest “bike raceâ€? got underway on Sunday - Jul 29, 2009 Bike World NewsAlong the course they'll pass by Iguazu Falls, Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America, the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, Is Table Mountain one of the new Seven Wonders of Nature? - Jul 23, 2009 The TimesTable Mountain has made it into the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest, beating the Atacama Desert in Chile, the Azure Window in Malta and A warning about blood minerals - Jul 22, 2009 Philadelphia InquirerThe city of 170000 in northern Chile is in the heart of the Atacama Desert. It averages 0.02 inches of rain a year. - AP Italy's opposition charged 7 Wonders finalists unveiled - Jul 22, 2009 WanderlustA 'Reserve List' has also been created, including destinations such as the Atacama Desert, Christmas Island and Mount Olympus. Candidates on the Reserve Australia gets $72 million for the GMT - Jul 28, 2009 EurekAlert (press release)...to help fund the revolutionary 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) to be sited at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's high-altitude Atacama Desert. Reflecting on Martian heat - Jul 31, 2009 spectroscopyNOW.com...as from different areas of the Earth similar to those of the red planet, like El Jaroso (AlmerÃa), the Tinto River (Huelva) and Atacama Desert (Chile). Hawaii's Mauna Kea gets world's largest optical telescope - Jul 21, 2009 Hawaiimagazine.comMauna Kea's summit complex of observatories had been in close competition with Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert for the telescope. Lucky-to-be-alive runner in Towers race for Heroes - Jul 21, 2009 The Bolton NewsThe marathon runner says he is is one of only 178 people in the world to complete the Atacama Desert Crossing in Chile. He completed the gruelling 150-mile RIDING THE SPINE: Adventurers Mark Third Anniversary. - Jul 14, 2009 Herald de ParisWe no longer encounter daily and nightly rain storms, but will be passing through some of the driest areas on earth as we ride along the Atacama Desert and Australian scientists celebrate Apollo 11 - Jul 20, 2009 ABC Science Online...would spend $88.4 million towards the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), to be based in Chile's high-altitude Atacama Desert. Vexcel Announces Upgrade to Remote Sensing Ground Station - Jul 15, 2009 MundoGEO...station upgrade depicted a long cloud free swath over north central Chile from the Bolivian border, across the Atacama desert, and down to Antofagasta. Sierra Gorda scoping study paints promising picture for Quadra - Jul 23, 2009 The Northern Miner (subscription)The other resource that ignites fierce battles in Chile is water, and no where is the fight harder than in the Atacama Desert. Minerals on Mars influence the measuring of its temperature - Jul 15, 2009 Times of India...as from different areas of the Earth similar to those of the red planet, like El Jaroso (AlmerÃa), the Tinto River (Huelva) and Atacama Desert (Chile). Titicaca, Amazonas & Colca among 77 nominees in N7W of Nature - Jul 9, 2009 Living in PeruAtacama Desert (Chile), Chicamocha Canyon (Colombia), Colca Canyon (Peru), and Fernando Noronha (Brazil), complete the list of the South American natural 澳洲巨é¢?投资射电望远镜 实现太空梦想 - Jul 21, 2009 大纪元时报-澳洲版...è¯¥é¡¹ç›®æ˜¯ç”±ä¸€ä¸ªå›½é™…è´¢å›¢çš„ç ”ç©¶æœºæž„è€—èµ„10亿澳元，在智利阿塔å?¡é©¬æ²™æ¼ （Chile's Atacama Desert）的安第斯山脉（ Andes）边缘，修建一个由7个巨大的镜å?组æˆ?的直径为25 Ninge in desert - Jul 24, 2009 121.roDa, e vara, stiu; in plus, desertul este un loc in care nu prea ne asteptam sa ninga, nu-i asa? Ei bine, citeam stirile azi si am vazut ca in desertul 'Inspiring Soles' winner benefits Iowa Marrow Donor Program - 25 Mar 2009 Iowa City Press CitizenRecently, he trekked 150 miles in seven days across the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. While crossing the desert, Bishop asked friends and family to European Receiver Shipped to ALMA in Chile - 25 Mar 2009 Space Ref (press release)Centre (FEIC) located at RAL, will become part of the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) project in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Bosherston's Lucy Bulkeley to cross Chile's Atacama desert alone - Mar 24, 2009 Western TelegraphA brave Pembrokeshire adventurer is about to get to grips with the sand and the salt flats of Chile's Atacama desert on the second stage of a life changing Earth's Highest Known Microbial Systems Fueled By Volcanic Gases - Mar 3, 2009 Science Daily (press release)The microbial communities atop Socompa -- which straddles Argentina and Chile high in the Atacama Desert -- are in a more extreme environment and not as Chilean extremophile bacteria thrive in Mars-like conditions - Mar 5, 2009 Ars TechnicaNew extremophile organisms have been found high in the Atacama desert, the region of Earth that most resembles the conditions seen on the planet Mars. Tropic of Capricorn - Mar 18, 2009 CBC.caWe head inland to the Atacama Desert - the driest region on earth, so dry that NASA is testing Mars space mission equipment here. 'Have You Ever Seen a Lion Stretch?': An Interview With ... - Mar 9, 2009 SportingNews.comThe Atacama Desert hasn't had any recorded rain in 200 years -- not a drop. It's like a moonscape. You felt like you were on a different planet. Chilean Town Withers in Free Market for Water - Mar 14, 2009 New York TimesMore Photos » What the town did have was a river, feeding an oasis in the Atacama desert. But mining companies have polluted and bought up so much of the La Silla Celebrates 40th Anniversary - Mar 24, 2009 RedOrbitThe La Silla Observatory is located at the edge of the Chilean Atacama Desert, one of the driest and loneliest areas of the world. Earls Croome Women's Institute - Mar 17, 2009 Worcester NewsAfter flying into Santiago, Mr Price first went north to the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth. In the southern part of the country is the Oxford doc is all pumped up for 50000 mile bike ride - Mar 10, 2009 Oxford MailHe said: “We travelled 6000 km from the southern town of Punta Arenas in Patagonia up to Arica in the Atacama Desert.â€? This project is a little more Carol Burnett's guest appearance makes "Law & Order: SVU" a ... - Mar 17, 2009 Seattle Times..."How the Earth Was Made," 9 pm (History): The series explores the Atacama Desert in South America, the driest place on earth, with 50 times less humidity Bonnie's South America Travel Blog - Mar 20, 2009 About - News & IssuesThe Salar de Huasco is an Andean Wetlands sustaining various forms of wildlife at a salt lake in the altiplano Atacama desert in northern Chile. The Truth of Chile - Mar 20, 2009 American Enterprise Institute...outside world--their country is an isolated tranche of land separated from Argentina by the high Andes and from Peru and Bolivia by the Atacama desert. 智利：阿塔å?¡é©¬æ²™æ¼ 的干旱之美 - Mar 20, 2009 中华网...到达阿塔å?¡é©¬æ²™æ¼ (Atacama Desert)地区的å°?城时，我们还真有点ä¸?适应，从寒冷湿润的å?—部冰河区一下å?飞跃近4000公里置身于炎çƒå¹²ç‡¥çš„åŒ—éƒ¨æ²™æ¼ ï¼Œè¿™æ ·çš„å??å·®æ??怕å?ªæœ‰æ™ºåˆ© Celebrate the Year of Astronomy - Mar 9, 2009 Easier (press release)Extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes, the Atacama desert lies in a high plateau in Northern Chile which is one of the hottest, driest places on Strong Chilean presence at the 10 Havana Biennial exhibition. - Mar 17, 2009 Cuba HeadlinesCorvalan, will take part in the event with a version of his project Free trade ensambladura (2006), about an area of the Atacama desert in north Chile. Xavier Rolet heralds new epoch at London Stock Exchange - Mar 14, 2009 Telegraph.co.uk...its shortlist of candiates for the new chief executive, their favourite choice, Xavier Rolet, was hurtling across the Atacama desert on the Dakar rally. Tropic Thunder - Mar 13, 2009 Philippine StarAmong other places in the world, cacti easily grow in the deserts of Mexico, extending to the Southwest US, Central America, the Atacama desert in Chile, BUYINS.NET: Market Maker Surveillance Report. Highest Net Sell ... - Mar 11, 2009 Trading Markets (press release)Its principal operations include the Chapada, a copper/gold mine located in the state of Goias, Brazil; and the El Penon mine located in the Atacama desert mobile phone use passes milestone - Mar 2, 2009 guardian.co.ukOnly unpopulated areas like Antarctica or Chile's Atacama desert will remain off the hook. Closer to home, a few areas remain silent, but Solomon says that A curious pair of galaxies - Mar 16, 2009 ScienceModeLocated 2600 m above sea level, in the mountains of the Atacama Desert, the Paranal Observatory enjoys some of the clearest and darkest skies on the whole In search of poetry in Chile - Mar 20, 2009 Financial TimesThe Elqui Valley lacks the drama of the Atacama Desert in the north or the cobalt-blue glaciers of the south. Picturing Chile as a snake (which it resembles Offbeat travel - Mar 16, 2009 Macleans.caIf you can’t wait for NASA’s planned 2030 mission to Mars or afford the six months it takes to travel one way, check out Chile’s Atacama Desert. Ponty to pull in the crowds at NCH - Mar 7, 2009 Irish IndependentHis latest CD, The Acatama Experience, was inspired by a visit to the Atacama desert in Chile (the spelling mistake in the title was spotted only after the Mobile phone use passes a milestone - Mar 5, 2009 Taipei TimesOnly unpopulated areas like Antarctica or Chile’s Atacama desert will remain off the hook. Closer to home, a few areas remain silent, but Solomon says that [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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