"There is no place on earth quite like the Atacama desert,” explains Oliver Ripley, Our Habitas Co-Founder and CEO. “It's an incredibly serene and humbling place, which is a draw for those ...

Work Progresses on Giant Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert By Rodrigo Gutierrez CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in ...

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the construction of the Extremely ...

Once a thriving community, Humberstone in northern Chile is now a ghost town ... of their profits to acquire the land. Towns soon sprang up in the arid desert. One of the driest places on earth ...

World’s largest telescope dome completed in Chile ELT dome will house massive telescope for groundbreaking research Telescope aims to revolutionize space exploration by 2028 ...

ESO's Extremely Large Telescope construction at Atacama desert in Chile ...

A mirror is seen at the site where European Southern Observatory (ESO) is constructing the world's largest optical telescope atop a mountain in Chile's arid Atacama desert, in Chile, January 26, 2025.

The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3,050 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level and located about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of Chile's capital. [[nid:669177]] ...