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- proper noun The Atacama Desert, a long
desert inChile , and thedriest desert on Earth according to various sources. - proper noun A
region towards the north ofChile
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The ALMA observatory - an acronym for Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array - uses radio technology to see wavelengths of light much longer than what's visible to the human eye, and much colder than what shows up in infrared telescopes.
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Why do I call the Atacama desert a luxury destination?
Luxury Property Blog 2008
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It is understood that when we utter the word Atacama, we are talking about drama, exploitation and death.
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Executive for the North American portion of the project, called the Atacama
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APEX is a 40-foot 12-meter prototype designed to test technology needed for a next-generation submillimeter telescope called the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA.
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Well if you haven't make it to Antarctica yet: then the high antiplano of the Atacama are the next best thing.
Luxury Property Blog 2008
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( "Atacama" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: AAM) reports that the Company has granted an aggregate of 4,385,000 incentive stock options to eligible persons, including directors and officers.
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Each one of the miners, in the 10 weeks they spent a half-mile deep in the Atacama Desert, would have known the odds.
Viva Chile! They Left No Man Behind. Peggy Noonan 2010
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It doesn 't get any better than the miracle in Chile' s Atacama desert.
Now Free Chile Mary Anastasia O 2010
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After weeks in the sweltering mine, they were also expected to wear sweaters for their reentry into the world above; temperatures in the Atacama Desert can drop close to freezing at night.
Chile mine rescue underway; 8 hoisted safely to surface Juan Forero 2010
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