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Pushing stamina to the nth degree  -  19 Aug 2007
Worcester Telegram,Greenwich businessman will run a 155-mile, six-day, off-road race across one of the highest, driest deserts in the world, the Atacama Desert in Chile.

Luxury Travel in Chile: Celebrated Hotels in Patagonia and the ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),Salvador, Brazil, Aug 10 th --- Surprisingly, in the middle of the remote wildernesses of both Patagonia and the Atacama Desert in Chile, you can find two

Tier native to race in Chile desert  -  Aug 6, 2007
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Binghamton native Thomas Gallagher is ready for his 155-mile, six-day race across the Atacama Desert in Chile later this month. Thomas Gallagher will wear

Steppes Travel (www.steppestravel.co.uk) Announces Release of “On ...  -  Aug 12, 2007
PR.com (press release),I have recently returned from Argentina and Chile, to visit sites such as the Iguazu Falls and the Atacama Desert. I also visited some of the lodges our

Local hero swaps honeymoon for desert  -  Aug 3, 2007
Newbury Weekly News Group,Shaw, on Saturday, but instead of a relaxing break, he’s off to Chile for a back-breaking six-day endurance run across the Atacama Desert.

Being drier than a desert  -  Aug 1, 2007
Clanton Advertiser,...(By the way, the Atacama desert gets less than one-half inch of rain.) Unfortunately, it's just genetic. My granddaddy had a dry humor, but it was much

Space exploration: Secrets of the martian soil  -  Aug 15, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Independently, McKay had been doing research on soils from the Atacama desert in Chile, and had also started to suspect that the Viking experiments weren't

Jamie's Inca trail endurance test, for charity  -  Aug 3, 2007
This Is Lancashire,The married dad-of-one will travel out to San Pedro, Chile, to take part in the annual seven-day Atacama Desert Crossing next week. He will face cold,

Getting to See the World Through the Eyes of a Brazilian Actress  -  Aug 1, 2007
Brazzil Magazine,From the Atacama Desert in Chile, to the Panama Canal. Alternating traditional points with places that are less known by the common public, Mel Lisboa mined

Full Text  -  Jul 26, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)Peru, were home to a sophisticated culture that created massive designs by rearranging stones on the floor of the Atacama Desert.

Mary Rosenblum's 'Water Rites' is unrealistic but a good look at ...  -  Aug 11, 2007
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,Rosenblum's drought is far too extreme to be realistic - even the Atacama Desert has more water than her Drylands America - and her drought-induced

Huge telescope to probe galactic origins  -  Jul 30, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),The sky above CCAT's planned perch atop a mountain in Chile's Atacama desert is twice as dry as that above the next best site atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Birth Of A Colossus On Wheels: First Astronomical Observatory ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
Science Daily (press release)ALMA is thus installed at the 5000m high plateau of Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the world's driest area - the next best location to outer

Largest sub-mm telescope in 2013  -  Jul 27, 2007
Times of India,...and located at an 18400-foot altitude atop Cerro Chajnantor in Chile's Atacama Desert, will be the premier telescope of its kind in the world.

:: BFirst Travel and LAN Airlines Familiarisation trip to Brazil ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
e-Travel Blackboard (press release),...agents to a familiarisation trip to Brazil and Chile, visiting - Santiago, Viña Del Mar, Explora Lodge in the Atacama Desert Region, Buzios and Paraty.

Giant truck set for sky-high task  -  Jul 30, 2007
BBC News,The telescope project will initially comprise 66 high-precision antennas, installed at the high-altitude Llano de Chajnantor site in Chile's Atacama desert.

Apex Silver Mines: The Wall Street Analyst Forum Presentation ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
Seeking Alpha,One these concentrates are going across the driest desert on earth the Atacama Desert, so we don't want lead concentrates blowing around in the desert.

On-the-go biz owners lining up for ‘virtual offices’  -  Aug 2, 2007
Long Island Business News (subscription),By Ross Daly Last October, Peter Holmstedt was visiting such remote sites as Chile’s Atacama Desert and the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru,

First Light For Word's Largest 'Thermometer Camera'  -  Aug 6, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...this kind of astronomy must be built on high, dry sites, and why the 5100m high plateau at Chajnantor in the extremely dry Atacama Desert was chosen.

UFO ENTHUSIASTS GATHER IN CHILE’S REGION VII  -  Aug 15, 2007
Santiago Times (subscription),According to Fuenzalida and his colleagues, Chile has a number of particularly good UFO viewing sites, among them Huara, in Region I’s Atacama Desert;

International Consortium Is Created to Build World's Largest ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Space Ref (press release)The Atacama telescope will be located at an 18400-foot altitude atop Cerro Chajnantor in Chile's Atacama Desert. The high altitude and dry conditions are

ALMA telescope transporter ready to go  -  Aug 1, 2007
ImediNews,The ALMA Project is an international observatory currently under construction in Chile's high-altitude Atacama Desert -- the driest place on Earth.

First ALMA Transporter Ready for Challenging Duty  -  Jul 30, 2007
Space Ref (press release)ALMA is a giant, international observatory under construction in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile at an elevation of 16500 feet.

Exploring Mars  -  Aug 5, 2007
Boston Globe,There are places here just as bad -- the Dry Valleys of Antarctica and the Atacama desert in Chile, for starters. The weird microbes living in appalling

Xstrata moves ahead with Chile copper action plan  -  Aug 3, 2007
Reuters.uk,At Lomas Bayas, in Chile's Atacama desert, Evans said Xstrata has started an expansion that will lift production of copper cathode to 75000 tonnes per annum

Cheers & jeers: Young Vestal golfer earns respect at US Women's ...  -  Aug 10, 2007
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Cheers to Southern Tier native Thomas Gallagher, who will run 155 miles across Chile's Atacama Desert. Speaking of inspiration, this 1981 Seton Catholic

World's largest 'Thermometer Camera' to shed light on evolution ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
NewKerala.com,...dry sites, and that is why the 5100m high plateau at Chajnantor in the extremely dry Atacama Desert was chosen; but even under such optimal conditions

The Planet, The Galaxy And The Laser  -  Aug 3, 2007
DentalPlans.com,Yuri Beletsky took images of the night sky above Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert home to ESO's Very Large Telescope.

Two ways to play the lithium boom  -  Aug 1, 2007
MoneyWeek (Subscription),SQM owns vast resources of lithium, nitrate, iodine and potassium minerals in Chile’s Atacama desert. It controls more than a third of the

Your Incredible Neighbors: Green Valley residents reflect on their ...  -  Jul 28, 2007
Green Valley News,Iquique is in the Atacama Desert, said to be the driest in the world. They lived with the uncertainties of on-again, off-again supplies of water,

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CONDOR: An Aerial Vision of Latin America  -  Jul 26, 2007
PressZoom (press release),...a lithium mine edging the Atacama Desert is graced with the symmetry of parallel plowed furrows, and bubbling water treatment pools in Chile morph into

Attention Entertainment/Science/Technology/Space Editors:  -  Aug 1, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Researchers on the Arctic's frigid Devon Island, British Columbia's Pavilion Lake, Chile's Atacama Desert and caves in New Mexico offer compelling research

CHILE’S HERITAGE SITES: OVER 3,000 AT RISK  Nov 20, 2006
Calogero Santoro of the University of Tarapacá explained that the dry climate of the Atacama Desert, which experiences no rainfall, preserves artifacts in near ... - Santiago Times (subscription),

Searching for solitude among the multitude  Nov 11, 2006
Atacama Desert, CHILE—"Moon Valley is not the place for jumping and shouting," says Juan, my Chilean guide. "It's a place to sit and be quiet and relax.". ... - Toronto Star,

SC teacher selected for Mars project  Nov 20, 2006
...to Chile with seven other teachers from designated NASA Explorer Schools to conduct research with world-renowned scientists in the Atacama Desert, a massive ... - Sioux City Journal,

Norwegian Coastal Voyage Makes More Cabins On Antarctica Sailings ...  Nov 20, 2006
Island in the Pacific Ocean; Machu Picchu in the Andes of Peru; and the archaeological village of San Pedro de Atacama in the Atacama Desert, the world's ... - TravelVideo.tv (press release)

Jonathan Yardley  Nov 12, 2006
...by too many long, arid stretches, in some cases literally so, as the conquistadors struggle toward Chile through what is now known as the Atacama Desert. ... - Washington Post,

FICTION: Giving a Chilean Founding Mother her due  Nov 18, 2006
Suarez accompanied him, her healing and cooking skills invaluable, as they crossed the Atacama desert and then reached what became Santiago. ... - Richmond Times Dispatch,

CU-Boulder Recognizes Four Who Foster International Awareness  Nov 10, 2006
I can talk with my hands and feet anywhere in the world," said Bliss, who has traveled to Chile's Atacama desert and China's Shaanxi province to instruct ... - CU Boulder News & Events,

Did Viking Probes Miss Life on Mars?  Oct 24, 2006
The researchers build their theory on studies conducted with Viking-type instruments in the Antarctic Dry Valleys, the Atacama desert of Chile and Peru, and ... - Discovery Channel

Condor Resources Inc.: Geophysics in Progress on Cristal Project  Nov 14, 2006
...geologists believe that the intersection of these deep-seated structures controls the emplacement of the majority of Chile's Atacama Desert porphyry copper ... - CCNMatthews (press release),

More Open to 'Life'  Oct 26, 2006
When scientists fed soil from the Atacama Desert of Chile and Peru, and the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, experiments like those the Vikings conducted came up ... - Wall Street Journal

Restaurateurs raise a glass to Chilean wines  Oct 24, 2006
...a series of channels. The Atacama desert to the north helps keep pests and diseases separated from the vineyards. In the middle ... - Charlotte Observer,

Searching for life in a handful of dust  Oct 27, 2006
The soil underfoot looks mundane, but this patch of ground in the Yungay region of Chile's Atacama desert is something special: some of its soil is the most ... - New Scientist (subscription),

Want to go it alone but mot sure how  Nov 4, 2006
...then on to Santiago. From there, the Atacama desert and San Pedro de Atacama and on to Puno in Peru and Lake Titicaca. He can then ... - The Observer,

Viking probes may have missed life on Mars  Oct 24, 2006
...their theory on studies conducted with Viking-type instruments in some of Earth's harshest environments: the Antarctic Dry Valleys, the Atacama Desert of Chile ... - ABC Science Online,

Mars mission 'may have missed signs of life'  Oct 23, 2006
...to survive. They included Antarctic dry valleys, the Atacama desert of Chile and Peru, and California's Panoche Valley. The Mexican ... - Yorkshire Post Today,

Viking landers may have found Martian life after all  Oct 24, 2006
...on Earth. This includes parts of Chile's Atacama desert where other tests prove that living microbes are indeed present. In some ... - New Scientist Space,

A Guide to the 'Middle of Nowhere'  Nov 3, 2006
...of Nowhere , a coffee table book with arresting photos and short essays about middles of nowhere around the globe, from Bolivia’s Atacama Desert to India’s ... - World Hum,

/CORRECTION from Source -- Meridian Gold/  Oct 24, 2006
At the Amancaya exploration project, located 120 kilometers south of El Penon in the Atacama Desert, one drill continues to test the extension of the known ... - Canada NewsWire (press release),

There Might Be Life On Mars After All  Oct 23, 2006
...used a device and protocol identical to those in the Viking landers to analyze soil from the Dry Valleys of Antarctica and the Atacama Desert of Chile and Peru ... - Wall Street Journal (subscription),
Documenting desert desires Mar 24, 2006
In the final episode of the hit wildlife show, the long-lens cameras visit the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on the planet. ...
TravelBite.co.uk,

Watching a total solar eclipse Mar 29, 2006
Using NASA maps charting the eclipse and Air Force relief maps showing the terrain of northern Chile, we selected the Atacama Desert -- where rainfall has ...
StarPhoenix,

Chasing the eclipse Mar 24, 2006
NASA maps showing where totality would occur and Air Force relief maps detailing the terrain of northern Chile, we selected the Atacama Desert -- where at some ...
Newsday,

Chilean Geoglyphs Mar 19, 2006
..."Mysterious patterns adorn the hills of Chile's Atacama desert. Watching ... Scientist. MYSTERIOUS patterns adorn the hills of Chile's Atacama desert. ...
Archinect

On the spot: Chile Mar 24, 2006
...industry has to offer". It occupies a 14,000ft-high valley in the Atacama desert, one of the driest places on earth. Every day at ...
Telegraph.co.uk,

Embrace the Cold Shoulder Season in Chile and Argentina Mar 21, 2006
Don't despair though -- we've managed to track down a few that do operate, and the fall is actually the best season to visit the Atacama Desert of Chile ...
Frommers

Por las Pampas: Mitsubishi holds leading two places as South ... Mar 21, 2006
...of Antofagasta on Wednesday night. The event reaches a conclusion high in the Atacama desert at the town of Iquique on Thursday.
marathonrally.com,

Tracing the origins of Chile's ancient hill art Mar 17, 2006
MYSTERIOUS patterns adorn the hills of Chile's Atacama desert. Watching over the plains below are giant figures of people and animals ...
New Scientist (subscription),

A red-hot desire for copper Mar 16, 2006
...requires large amounts of water to help separate copper from the ore, and some of Chile's biggest mines are located in the forbidding Atacama Desert far north ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,

Don’t believe the transfer hype Mar 18, 2006
They are just as likely to sign as it is to be a glorious Atacama Desert-like summer without rain, City fans basking in the glow of another Premiership season ...
Pinkun.com,

GLOBETROTTING PANTO COW IN BOOK BOOST Mar 14, 2006
...scorpion. Another time, while driving across the Atacama Desert in Chile in freezing temperatures Ms Silver-Corren's vehicle broke down. ...
Community Newswire,

Chasing the sun Mar 18, 2006
18 months ahead and looking for clear weather, we used NASA maps showing where totality would be to select a location in the Atacama Desert - where rainfall ...
Baltimore Sun,

Lights out! Mar 12, 2006
Using NASA maps showing where totality would be and Air Force relief maps showing the terrain of northern Chile, we selected the Atacama Desert -- where at ...
Orlando Sentinel,

Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team Set to Field Alphand and Roma in ... Feb 28, 2006
...vast Patagonia region, along the spine of the magnificent Andes mountain range and the Chilean Pacific coast and on through the Atacama desert – the driest ...
Auto Racing Daily

Halfway to Mars Feb 28, 2006
...engineers, two sociologists, an electrical engineer, a mechanical engineer, and a biologist are all out in the middle of Chile's vast Atacama Desert, [see map ...
IEEE Spectrum,

Stellar Vacations That Are Out Of This World Mar 3, 2006
Excursions include the famed Atacama Desert, to see the striking landscape of the Valley of the Moon, Flamingo National Reserve at Atacama Salt Flat, the ...
Frommers

Landlocked navy prepares to put to sea Mar 11, 2006
...thriving. The piece of Atacama desert Chile annexed from Bolivia is rich in minerals and is one of the main sources of Chile's wealth. ...
Telegraph.co.uk,

Matthew Norman's Media Diary Mar 5, 2006
...not give a flying fuck what you think of my tone or broadcasting manner..." - if only she was this feisty with the twerp who crossed the Atacama Desert in a ...
Independent,

Long, lean Chile earns rave reviews Mar 5, 2006
With its long, thin, shape, it has an astounding variety of landscapes and climates -- from the dry northern Atacama Desert to the glaciers of Patagonia ...
Chicago Sun-Times,

8000 delegates attend Herbalife extravaganza in Santiago, Chile Feb 26, 2006
With effortless airline connections from Australia and New Zealand, Chile also offers accessibility and value for money. “From the Atacama Desert in the ...
e-Travel Blackboard (press release),
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