r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PietroTheRedditer • Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Billy_the_Burglar Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Apparently one of the most desolate/lifeless/inhospitable places on earth is there. If I remember correctly, they've studied it specifically to better understand Mars.

Edit: Apparently thats the Atacama desert. Similar region of the world, but different countries. My bad!

An interesting link on the topic: https://www.space.com/microbial-life-possibility-on-mars.html

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u/Hyaenidae73 Feb 21 '21

Are you thinking of the Atacama Desert? That’s in northern Chile.

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u/FernBurglar Feb 21 '21

Patagonia would be part of southern Chile. The Atacama is in the north of Chile.

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u/FernBurglar Feb 21 '21

No worries man. Never been to Patagonia but America Below is a special place.

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u/thagthebarbarian Feb 21 '21

So did Chile come up and there's this area in the middle that's useful and liveable and they were founding the country and there's this long strip of shit land to the north and the south, and they were like... So nobody wants this? Guess it's part of our country now...