Researchers have discovered a jaw-dropping ecosystem of crystal-clear lagoons and salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert that could offer a window onto early life on Earth and Mars.

The incredible desert that 'looks just like Mars' where its 30C by day but -20C at night With an extreme climate and little life, the unique rock formations and reddish hue of the Devil's Desert ...

CU Boulder geologist Brian Hynek has helped to document what may be a unique kind of ecosystem on Earth—and a possible window into the earliest stages of life on this planet 3.5 billion years ago, and ...

Geologists recently uncovered a unique ecosystem in the high plateau desert of Argentina. ... “If life ever evolved on Mars to the level of fossils, it would have been like this,” Hynek said.

Scientists have spotted extremophiles in some of Earth's least nurturing environments: nestled in the salt flats of Argentina's Puna de Atacama Desert, amid Antarctica's biting cold, and around ...

Argentina’s Puna de Atacama isn’t exactly known for nourishment. Averaging 14,000 feet above sea level, the desert region is characterized by scarce precipitation and ceaseless sunshine, which ...

In the profoundly remote Argentina desert, at over 12,000 feet high, and in a place where no roads go, scientists found an exotic world new to science. Among white salt plains atop the Puna de ...

This imposing grey-brown volcano rises to an impressive 22,615 feet above sea level, making it the second-highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, only surpassed by Argentina’s Aconcagua.

The Atacama Desert is rich in minerals, which has caused conflict in the past. The War of the Pacific took place over 1879-1883 between Chile, Peru and Bolivia. Valley of the Moon at San Pedro de ...