Astrobiology Mars Analog Atacama Desert As Seen From Orbit
Keith Cowing
Astrobiology Mars Analog Atacama Desert As Seen From Orbit
A portion of the Atacama Desert along Peru’s southern Pacific coast, featuring barren plains, rocky cliffs, vast sand dunes, and fertile river valleys, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 265 miles above the South American nation.
NASA uses Chile’s Atacama Desert as a premier Mars analog, employing the Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies (ARADS) project to test life-detection instruments and autonomous.