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  1. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: ❄️🏜️ In August rare #winter #storms blanketed #Chile’s #Atacama #Desert in #snow, forcing #ALMA and other observatories to suspend operations and triggering flash #floods and mudflows.

    A cutoff low paired with strengthening #ElNiño drove the #rain, flooding #Taltal with nearly 10x its annual average in three days.

    👉 sciencedaily.com/releases/2026

    #weather #climate #climatechange #nasa #satellite #observatory #telescope #rain #earth #science #meteorology

  2. RE: mastodon.social/@esoastronomy/

    The video, illuminated by the low-lying sun, shows not only the unusual #snow ❄️ cover but also the dense clouds, which are extremely rare in one of the driest places on Earth. The observatories are built there precisely because the dry conditions offer the best possible prerequisites for #astronomical observations heise.de/en/news/Extremely-Lar

    #ELT #ESO #Atacama #Chile

  3. Au mois d’août, l’Atacama (Chili) a connu des chutes de neige, un phénomène très inhabituel dans cette région parmi les plus arides du monde. Si le sommet du volcan Licancabur (ici à gauche) est parfois coiffé d’un chapeau blanc, il est fort rare que la neige descende jusqu’à son pied, comme sur cette image satellite capturée le 14 août dernier.
     Ce manteau blanc souligne les « pressure ridges » à la surface des coulées de lave visqueuse qui rayonnent depuis le sommet. Ces structures en arc de cercle se forment perpendiculairement à l’écoulement. Leur morphologie rappelle celle des ogives glaciaires, même si le processus de genèse est différent.

    #Chili #Atacama #volcan #neige #satellite #NASA #Landsat

  4. Snow in Atacama

    A drone view shows snow covering the area around Cerro Armazones, located in the Sierra Vicuna Mackenna of Chile's Coastal Range. Snowfall is unusual in this part of the Atacama Desert due to its hyper-arid conditions. REUTERS/Cristian Rudolffi

    #photography
    #ClimateChange
    #Chile
    #Atacama
    #desert
    #snow

  5. Chile Declares Disaster Zone After Rain Hits Driest Desert

    President Kast declares state of catastrophe in Tocopilla after 30mm of rain falls in hours on the Atacama, killing one and leaving three missing.

    pulseofnations.lol/chile-decla

    #Atacama #Chile #Climate #DesertFloods #DisasterZone #Emergency #Tocopilla

  6. ENAMI comenzó a validar en la Planta Matta de Copiapó 35 cátodos de acero inoxidable restaurados, hoy fuera de uso en sus patios.
    Es el primer pilotaje del programa GreenMineTech, liderado por CIPTEMIN. Lee la nota en chilepaisminero.com
    #Minería #EconomíaCircular #Atacama #Copiapó #ENAMI #Innovación #ChilePaísMinero

    chilepaisminero.com/enami-vali

  7. 'Heraufschauen'
    Von ca. 4200 m Höhe zum Cerro Losloyo (Chile) mit 5370 m.

    #FotoVorschlag #atacama #chile

  8. GreenMineTech, programa de CIPTEMIN apoyado por Corfo, iniciará dos pilotajes con ENAMI en Atacama para medir emisiones de CO₂ y recuperar cátodos, en el marco de su modelo para la adaptación climática de la pequeña y mediana minería. #Minería #Sostenibilidad #Innovación #Atacama #EconomíaCircular #ChilePaísMinero

    chilepaisminero.com/greenminet

  9. The #Atacama #Desert in #Chile has the world's highest elevation geysers and endless salt flats. #Laguna Tebinquinche is our favorite lagoon with turquoise water and white salt crystal outcrops.
    Here are the best tings to see and do: backpackandsnorkel.com/Atacama

  10. Una investigación de la UdeC identificó sales en relaves mineros abandonados del norte de Chile con capacidad para concentrar cobre y cobalto, abriendo una vía para su recuperación y para reducir riesgos de contaminación por drenaje ácido. #Minería #Cobre #Sostenibilidad #EconomíaCircular #Antofagasta #Atacama #ChilePaísMinero

    chilepaisminero.com/udec-inves

  11. The #Atacama #Desert in #Chile has the world's highest elevation geysers and endless salt flats. #Laguna Tebinquinche is our favorite lagoon with turquoise water and white salt crystal outcrops.
    Here are the best tings to see and do: backpackandsnorkel.com/Atacama

  12. Pymes y cooperativas de Atacama tienen hasta el 8 de julio para postular al fondo Crece Sostenible de Sercotec, con subsidios de hasta $9 millones para incorporar tecnologías sostenibles en sus negocios. #Atacama #Pymes #Sostenibilidad #EconomíaCircular #Sercotec #ChilePaísMinero

    chilepaisminero.com/sercotec-a

  13. A new instrument is joining the fleet at the #LasCampanas Observatory in Chile’s #Atacama Desert. It will map our neighboring #galaxies — including those only visible from the southern hemisphere — on a larger scale than ever before. This galactic cartographer, called the #LocalVolumeMapper, is the latest addition to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (#SDSS): impact.sloan.org/the-sloan-dig

  14. About Battus polydamas:
    Although we were amazed by the butterfly, as much as we searched, we could not find its host plant, however, the next day we found this fascinating #EndemicPlant of #Atacama, #Coquimbo and the #MetropolitanRegion of #Chile which was recently revalidated as Aristolochia pearceii, or as the locals call it, "fox ear".

    Sobre Battus polydamas:
    Si bien quedamos maravilladas por la mariposa, por mucho que buscamos, no pudimos encontrar a su planta hospedera, sin embargo, al día siguiente encontramos esta fascinante #PlantaEndemica de Atacama, Coquimbo y la Región Metropolitana de Chile, la que recientemente fue revalidada como Aristolochia pearceii, o como los lugareños la llaman, "oreja de zorro".

    #Biodiversity #HotSpotBiodiversity #HotSpot #Endemism #EndemicFlora