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Mystery of the Atacama Desert Glass

Can you imagine glass found in a desert? For centuries, locals and tourists have wondered how glass chunks were created in regions of the Atacama Desert. A new theory is that the glassy stretches were created by a comet that exploded in the region around 12,000 years ago. The airburst over the Atacama Desert theory ...

Science Unmasked

Mystery of the Atacama Desert glass.

How Was the Atacama Desert Melted to Glass 12,000 Years Ago?

In certain parts of the world, you will come across artifacts and remains of monuments and relics that may leave you awestruck. One such example is a section of the Atacama Desert. In this stretch, viewers get amazed by the presence of twisted chunks of glass. For centuries, the locals and tourists have wondered how ...

Jack Roberts

A section of the Atacama desert in Chile with red rock.

Atacama Desert: The Driest Place on Earth

The Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth according to NASA studies. Spanning from southern to northern Chile, it is so dry that the average precipitation is less than one-tenth of an inch per year. Some weather stations in the region have never reported any rain. And those that reported an occurrence did so ...

Armin Auctor

The Atacama Desert.