Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri The brightest globular cluster in the sky, of apparent magnitude 3.7 and width 0°.6, in Centaurus. It is also known as NGC 5139. Omega Centauri is markedly elliptical in shape, with a short axis only 80% the length of its long axis. Its actual diameter is about 180 l.y., and it is the most luminous globular known, with an absolute magnitude of −10.3. At a distance of 17 000 l.y., it is one of the closest globulars to us.
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Silent wild. (Atacama Desert, Chile)
Magazine article from: Natural History; 4/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...I'd long wanted to go. Deserts are my natural habitat, and the Atacama is the driest of them all...fertile" patches of the Atacama's 54,000-square-mile expanse. Elsewhere, the desert stretches out bone-dry and...wetter than some reaches of the Atacama, where rainfall averages...
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Atacama: the world's driest desert.
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...mountains, lies the Atacama Desert--the driest in the...dryness, however, the Atacama's average temperatures...with those of other deserts, thanks to the chilly...Peruvian border, the Atacama Desert extends south for more...
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ABSOLUTE DESERT; The Atacama Desert of Chile is a confluence of oddities. Volcanoes tower over boiling hot rivers. Strange creatures graze in the shade of stranger rock formations. On the outskirts of an Indian village, one of the world's most exclusive hotels welcomes guests to this extravagant environment.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 4/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...were in its home territory, the Atacama desert of northern Chile. "Do you see...any answer I got to explain the Atacama Desert, a landscape that defies...of the earth into the sky. The Atacama desert is the surreal byproduct...
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Robot Finds Life in Atacama Desert.
Newspaper article from: Analytic Separations News; 4/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...found signs of life in Chile's Atacama Desert, according to results presented...on Mars," said Alan Waggoner, Atacama team member and director of the...discernable over most areas of the Atacama, but the rover's instruments...
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Carnegie Mellon's Robot-Based System Detects Life In Chile's Atacama Desert.
Magazine article from: Space Daily; 3/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...found signs of life in Chile's Atacama Desert, according to results being presented...on Mars," said Alan Waggoner, Atacama team member and director of the...of Science. The "Life in the Atacama" 2004 field season -- from August...
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Tree establishment along an ENSO experimental gradient in the Atacama desert.(El Nino - Southern Oscillation)
Magazine article from: Journal of Vegetation Science; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...these arid ecosystems? Location: Atacama Desert, western South America: Piura...encompassing the total extent of the Atacama Desert to test the relative importance...across a latitudinal gradient of the Atacama Desert in western South America...
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GEOGLIFOS Y TRÁFICO PREHISPÁNICO DE CARAVANAS DE LLAMAS EN EL DESIERTO DE ATACAMA (NORTE DE CHILE)/GEOGLYPHS AND PREHISPANIC LLAMA CARAVAN TRAFFIC IN THE ATACAMA DESERT (NORTHERN CHILE)
Magazine article from: Chungara; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the Pica oasis with the Pacific coastal ocean in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. Since the majority of these sites...intensa ritualidad, tal como se observa en el desierto de Atacama, norte de Chile. La analoga observada entre conjuntos...
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The Traveller: Latin America: A journey to Moon Valley (and no need for a rocket) Volcanoes and valleys, salt flats and geysers - Chile's Atacama desert is more lunar than earthly.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...not even a blade of grass. The Atacama is the driest desert on earth. Beneath us, although...there was far more to see in the Atacama than we would have imagined during...the best-located airport for Atacama - is a three- stage operation...
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Radomiro Tomic: A new plant grows in the Atacama Desert
Magazine article from: Engineering and Mining Journal; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; A New Plant grows in the Atacama Desert The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is known for...the least visually stimulating deserts that the writer has ever traversed...and early 20th centuries. The desert, however, has been no impediment...
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Desert water.(SURPRISE!)(Atacama Desert)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Dig; 2/1/2009; ; 618 words
; Heard of the Atacama Desert? Located in the South American country...supported life have been down to the desert to check out its caves. Imagine their...bones and skulls in one cave. So, the desert may be bone-dry, but the caves offer...
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Atacama Desert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Atacama Desert , arid region, c.600 mi (970 km...frequent and severe earthquakes. The Atacama has been a source of great nitrate and...mining boom. Although the southern half of Atacama belonged to Bolivia, the companies exploiting...
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Atacama Large Millimeter Array
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Atacama Large Millimeter Array ( ALMA ) An aperture-synthesis array for millimetre...at an altitude of 5000 m on the Chajnantor plateau of the Atacama desert in northern Chile. When complete, around the end of 2012, ALMA will...
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Deserts
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...moisture away from the land. Subtropical deserts, such as the Mojave Desert of California, lie within the latitudes...N and 30 ° S. Cool coastal deserts, including the Peruvian Atacama Desert, occur where cold offshore currents...
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desert
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...sixth of the Earth's surface, and hot deserts over one-fifth. Most desert regions lie in the horse latitudes between...Kalahari and Sahara (the world's largest desert). Deserts, such as the Atacama and Namib , occur in w coastal regions...
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deserts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...central Asian and African deserts. In winter, large...especially in the Great Basin Desert of North America and...Gobi and Takla Makan deserts. Deserts located on the west...and southern Africa (Atacama, Namib) owe their...temperature inversion. Desert landforms Although no...
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