@envplane · @envplane
123 followers · 36 posts · Server sciences.social

OnlineFirst - "Privatizing water in the Atacama Desert and the resurgence of Atacameño indigeneity" by Manuel Prieto:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/

#chile #atacamadesert #waterprivatization #atacamenopeople #indigeneity

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Annals of Botany · @AnnBot
90 followers · 215 posts · Server botany.social

🌵🌱 Join us to learn about the free access paper ‘Nitrogen fixation and other biogeochemically important features of Atacama Desert giant horsetail plant microbiomes inferred from metagenomic contig analysis’ in @AnnBot by Anchittha Satjarak (1/8)

doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac060

#aobpapers #atacamadesert #plantmicrobiome

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GregCocks · @GregCocks
247 followers · 329 posts · Server techhub.social

SkyFi's Satellite Image Confirms Massive Clothes Pile In Chile's Atacama Desert
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skyfi.com/blog/skyfis-confirms <-- shared blog post
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atmos.earth/atacama-desert-chi <-- shared media article
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“The Atacama Desert: A Surprising Dumping Ground for Fast Fashion Leftovers
Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world, has been a dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers. A mountain of discarded clothing, including Christmas sweaters and ski boots, cuts a strange sight in the desert, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by the fashion industry…"

#gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #chile #Atacama #atacamadesert #fastfashion #clothing #waster #dumpingground #fashion #fashionindustry #pollution #discarded #waste #overproduction #supplychain

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Maaike · @Stratski
306 followers · 528 posts · Server mendeddrum.org

Pic of the day: Horizon Perfekt and Kodak Ektar 100 film.

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #panorama #atacamadesert

Last updated 1 year ago

ScienceActually · @scienceactually
31 followers · 87 posts · Server sfba.social

The Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world. Located in Arica, Chile, its annual rainfall is only 0.03 inches.

discovery.com/exploration/drie

#science #sciencefacts #atacama #atacamadesert #arid #dry #chile

Last updated 1 year ago

An Inca era trap for vicuñas, the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas. Their herds would be chased over the ridge into these funnels. Bolas would then be thrown around their legs to catch them.

#photography #archeology #archaeology #inca #chile #atacamadesert #wildlifephotography #alpacas #lamas #history

Last updated 2 years ago

Tony Trupp Photojournalism · @tonytrupp
74 followers · 45 posts · Server mastodon.world

High altitude ice formations in the dryest places in the world, the Atacama Desert, Chile. The average rainfall here is only 15mm per year. Penitentes ice formations occur only in cold dry climates, where the ice converts directly into gas without going through the liquid stage.
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#photography #weather #atacama #atacamadesert #landscape #nature #chile #SouthAmerica #southamericantravel #travel

Last updated 2 years ago

Luis Calçada · @luiscalcada
278 followers · 29 posts · Server mstdn.social

A donkey at the ALMA Observatory basecamp, stands in front of the 6000m high Licancabur volcano

#atacamadesert #chajnantor #Chile #Photography #Astrodon

Last updated 2 years ago

Luis Calçada · @luiscalcada
294 followers · 45 posts · Server mstdn.social

A donkey at the ALMA Observatory basecamp, stands in front of the 6000m high Licancabur volcano

#atacamadesert #chajnantor #Chile #Photography #Astrodon

Last updated 2 years ago

Sergio · @sergiodomeyko
13 followers · 87 posts · Server mastodon.online