Deserts on 3 Continents, Part 2 -- the Atacama: Into the Sandbox on the Looney Front
Category: TRAVEL
With about 0.59 inches of rain a year the Atacama, high in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, is the driest place on Earth, and very likely its oldest desert, going back 3 million years.
By Mike Arkus, Contributor
Journalist, 2014-02-20