atacama

The Atacama is special because it is just so profoundly dry ,

阿塔卡马非常特殊，因为它是如此地干，

The Atacama in northern Chile is the driest desert on Earth .

智力北部的阿塔卡马沙漠是世界上最干的沙漠。

Most specifically , the driest part of the country is the Atacama Desert .

具体来讲，智利最干燥的地区是阿塔卡马沙漠（AtacamaDesert）。

More than one thousand journalists traveled to the mine in the Atacama Desert to report on the rescue .

共有1000多名记者赶赴阿塔卡马沙漠对救援行动进行报道。

Several major telescopes in Chile 's Atacama Desert have escaped damage , according to the European Southern Observatory managing them .

位于智利阿卡塔马的一些大型望远镜幸免于难，负责管理这些望远镜的欧洲南方天文台称。

The Namib Desert in Africa and the Atacama Desert in Chile are examples of coastal deserts .

非洲的纳米比亚沙漠和智利的阿塔卡马沙漠都是沿海沙漠。

The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth , receiving less than a millimeter of rain each year .

智利的阿塔卡玛沙漠是地球上最干燥的地方之一，每年的降水量少于1毫米。

These sleepy-eyed herbivores are among few species who thrive in the higher , drier regions of the Atacama .

这些睡眼惺忪的食草动物在阿塔卡马沙漠过着幸福的生活，他们居住在沙漠里又高又干燥的地区里，这点是没有几种动物可以做到。

Tourists career down a mountainous sand dune in the aptly named Valley of the Moon region of Chile 's Atacama Desert .

游客猛冲下巨大的沙丘，在智利阿塔卡马沙漠被适当叫做月亮谷地区。

Atacama 's barren high plateaus are home to the Aymara people , who raise llamas for their meat and wool .

艾马拉人居住在阿塔卡马的荒芜的高原上，他们饲养美洲驼以获取肉食和皮毛。

That steadiness was evident in the Atacama region of Chile , where there is little night life to compete with the twinkling sky after dark .

这种稳定性在智利的阿塔卡马地区是显而易见的，在那里，天黑后能与星光闪闪的夜空相媲美的夜生活不多。

A nervous llama lies in the back of a pickup truck amid the moonscape of Chile 's Atacama Desert .

在智利月球表面似的阿塔卡马沙漠中，一辆皮卡的车厢里有一头紧张的美洲驼。

Herman and Candelaria Zapp in2000 in the Atacama Desert , Chile .

这张照片摄于2000年，智利阿塔卡马沙漠。

The resorts at Atacama are no outliers .

阿塔卡马的这些度假胜地也不例外。

Now the astrochemists have a new tool : the Atacama Large Millimetre / submillimetre Array ( ALMA ) in northern Chile .

现在天体化学家有了新工具：阿塔卡马大型毫米/亚毫米波天线阵（ALMA，位于智利北部）。

There is a small village named XXXX in the north of Republic of Chile , with the Pacific Ocean on its west and Atacama Desert on its north .

智利北部有一个叫丘恩贡果的小村子，这里西临太平洋，北靠阿塔卡玛沙漠。

Lush fur and watchful eyes help this gray fox survive in the harsh , often cold climate of Chile 's Atacama Desert , the driest place on Earth .

浓密的皮毛和机警的眼神让这种灰狐狸能在智利阿塔卡马沙漠的寒冷恶劣气候中得以生存。

Photograph by Joel Sartore A vizcacha , close relative of the chinchilla , rests on an outcropping in Chile 's Atacama Desert .

在智利的阿塔卡马沙漠，一只兔鼠正在石头上小憩，它是南美栗鼠的近亲。

In 2005 , for example , a NASA probe detected microbial life in the Atacama 's seemingly barren soil , as scientists are hopeful that they 'll also be able to do on Mars .

如在2005年，航空航天局在看似贫瘠的阿塔卡玛沙漠里探测到了微生物，因此，科学家们对在火星上发现生物一事充满希望。

The soil in La Joya Pampas - a sector of the Atacama Desert in southern Peru that 's considered one of the driest places on earth - is very similar to that found on the Red Planet .

位于秘鲁南部阿塔卡马沙漠的潘帕斯德拉霍亚地区被认为是地球上最干旱的地方之一，那里的土壤与人们在火星上发现的非常相似。

As the sun sets over the Atacama Desert in Chile each reliably cloudless night , dazzling ruby red and garnet hues paint the volcanic Andes Mountain peaks in the eastern skyline , deepening almost imperceptibly until they are indistinguishable from black .

在每一个晴朗无云的夜晚，当太阳从智利的阿塔卡马沙漠落下时，东方天际的安第斯火山的顶峰笼罩着一片耀眼的红色，这种宝石红与石榴红调和而成的色彩几乎在不知不觉中加深，直到与夜黑融为一体。

Nearby resorts that feature stargazing include Tierra Atacama , a stone 's throw from Hotel de Larache , and Alto Atacama lodge , which offers guided stargazing nightly , except during full moon phases that wash out the viewing .

附近以观星为特色的度假村包括离拉腊什酒店一箭之遥的阿塔卡马高地和阿塔卡马女低音旅店，后者为夜间观星提供指导，但出现满月时除外，因为月明星稀，无法观赏到理想景观。