Atacama Desert, Mars and Insignificance

Deep into South America, lies a place which is considered barren and inhospitable. And for good reason - how can life flourish in a place which has less than 15 mm of rainfall every year. But its barrenness is its advantage, for it houses some of the most elite and far ranging scientific pursuits known to man. In the fourth episode of the series, Alien Landscapes, we travel to the Atacama desert in Chile, where both above our heads and beneath our feet, science is breaking new ground everyday and what has Mars got to do with it. Tune in, and understand what have we lost with our civilisational pursuits, and how we are insignificant in the larger scheme of things.

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