Few guanacos live in the actual Atacama Desert. Those few that are found there have adapted to feeding on lichens and blooms from cacti. They are able to survive on the moisture taken in from these plants.
Today the main source of income for Chile is the mining of copper in the Atacama Desert. Up until the 1940s the chief mineral mined in the Atacama were nitrates. The mines closed when a process was developed to produce nitrates by a chemical process that was less costly than mining.
In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, a microwave telescope has taken the best snapshot of an exquisitely faint echo of the big bang.
The Atacama Desert in Chile is often considered the driest place on Earth. It receives very little rainfall, and some parts of the desert have not seen rain in decades. Its extreme dryness is due to the combination of geographical and meteorological factors.
Cacti are primarily plants found in the Americas. Some have been taken to other areas of the world and introduced where they quickly become noxious invasive plants. Various prickly pear species are the prime culprits.
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The movie Taken Two takes place in Islamic country.
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