Earth's most extreme places
Chapter 1
Where Earth boils
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Chapter 2
The frozen frontiers
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Chapter 3
Where rain never falls
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Chapter 4
Descending into the abyss
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Earth's most extreme places
Ch 3 · Where rain never falls
misslily Two million years without a single drop (not a drop!), / Deep in McMurdo where the dry won't stop (oh yeah!).
Fun Fact
Atacama Mars testing: The soil in Chile's Atacama Desert is so dry and sterile that NASA uses it to test Mars rovers.
Glossary
desert (noun)
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.
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.
Quiz
What optical illusion occurs at Salar de Uyuni when a thin layer of rainwater covers the salt flats?
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Which giant salt flat in Bolivia was formed by the evaporation of ancient prehistoric lakes?
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How do Namib Desert beetles harvest water from the air in one of the world's oldest deserts?
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What is the absolute driest place on Earth, which has not seen rain for 2 million years?