https://bkpk.me/the-atacama-milky-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-atacama-milky-way Piggy-back ride with A&Z Wed, 14 Dec 2022 22:03:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://bkpk.me/the-atacama-milky-way/#comment-43465 Welcome to the driest place on earth! | Backpack Me Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:50:36 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=3884#comment-43465 [...] The Atacama desert is the driest place on earth. Scientists from NASA studied it before the US led Mars mission as the climate is supposed to be quite similar to the red planet. What’s more, there are few deserts with such dramatic landscapes as this. Sun scorched earth with cracks all over against a backdrop of snow capped volcanic peaks. Then, when the sun goes down, you will be treated to the most amazing night-sky that I have personally ever seen. The milky way is clearly visible with the naked eye! [...] [...] The Atacama desert is the driest place on earth. Scientists from NASA studied it before the US led Mars mission as the climate is supposed to be quite similar to the red planet. What’s more, there are few deserts with such dramatic landscapes as this. Sun scorched earth with cracks all over against a backdrop of snow capped volcanic peaks. Then, when the sun goes down, you will be treated to the most amazing night-sky that I have personally ever seen. The milky way is clearly visible with the naked eye! [...]

]]> https://bkpk.me/the-atacama-milky-way/#comment-6248 Exploring the Atacama desert with Grado 10, part 4/4: El Tatio Geysers | Backpack Me Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:44:47 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=3884#comment-6248 [...] 4.30AM when we step out of our hotel to be picked up – by now, we’ve grown used to the magnificent starry skies at San Pedro de Atacama, but not any less impressed by [...] [...] 4.30AM when we step out of our hotel to be picked up – by now, we’ve grown used to the magnificent starry skies at San Pedro de Atacama, but not any less impressed by [...]

]]> https://bkpk.me/the-atacama-milky-way/#comment-4741 Anita Catita Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:51:30 +0000 http://bkpk.me/?p=3884#comment-4741 how beautiful. how beautiful.

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