Where Earth boils
The frozen frontiers
Where rain never falls
Descending into the abyss
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Master of Earth's most extreme places
misslily Where rain never falls
Two million years without a single drop (not a drop!), / Deep in McMurdo where the dry won't stop (oh yeah!).
misslily The Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world, relying on coastal fog for its survival.
misslily Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys are the absolute driest place on Earth, entirely free of snow and ice.
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Atacama Mars testing: The soil in Chile's Atacama Desert is so dry and sterile that NASA uses it to test Mars rovers.
A dry, barren area of land that receives very little annual precipitation. Chile's Atacama Desert is the world's driest desert, where some areas have not seen precipitation in centuries.
What optical illusion occurs at Salar de Uyuni when a thin layer of rainwater covers the salt flats?
Which giant salt flat in Bolivia was formed by the evaporation of ancient prehistoric lakes?
How do Namib Desert beetles harvest water from the air in one of the world's oldest deserts?
What is the absolute driest place on Earth, which has not seen rain for 2 million years?