Showing posts with the label Chile

Chinchorro Mummies: The World’s Oldest

May 20, 2022

When we say mummies, we think Ancient Egypt. Indeed, Egypt has some of the most famous mummies in the world, such as Tutankhamun and Ramesse...

Where Do The World’s Oceans Meet?

Sep 7, 2019

Two huge ocean waves clashing. Photo credit: David Bostoc/Shutterstock.com There are five oceans on earth, and all of them are connected w...

The World’s Southernmost City

Jul 3, 2019

The southern part of South America is fractured into a number of small islands collectively known as Tierra del Fuego. Located roughly betwe...

Mocha Dick: The Whale That Inspired Moby Dick

Jun 15, 2019

About thirty kilometers off the coast of Chile is a small teardrop-shaped island called Mocha, inhabited by the indigenous Mapuche people. ...

The Churches of Chiloé Island

Oct 17, 2018

Off the coast of Chile, a group of about thirty islands belonging to the Chiloé Archipelago make up a fiercely independent community with it...

Whale Graveyards

Feb 22, 2018

Movement of the earth’s crust over millions of years have drastically changed the geography of the planet such that what is land now was onc...

Chaiten: The Town Buried By A Volcano

Mar 7, 2017

Early in the morning of May 2, 2008, a volcano located about 10 km to the north of the town of Chaitén, near the Gulf of Corcovado in southe...

The Abandoned Humberstone And Santa Laura Saltpeter Works

May 14, 2016

Forty-eight kilometers east of the city of Iquique in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, lies the remains of two large saltpeter works. B...

El Tatio Geyser Field

May 11, 2016

The El Tatio Geyser Field, locally known as Los Géiseres del Tatio, is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile, about 89 kilome...

The Lithium Mine Fields of Atacama Desert

Oct 23, 2015

In the wastelands of Salar de Atacama, about 700 miles north of Santiago, is a huge lithium mine field operated by Sociedad Química y Minera...