The southern Atacama Desert is pictured in this Envisat image, with the border of Chile (west) and Argentina (east) running down the middle. The Atacama is believed to be the driest desert in the world, and the lack of cloud cover in this image highlights the dry climate.
This image was acquired by Envisat’s MERIS instrument on 4 March 2012.
Photo credit: ESA
Note: The Atacama desert is where the various telescopes for the European Southern Observatory are located; it is also where scenes for the James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, were filmed.
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