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Distro - Mars On Earth.

Patrick Zachmann 

The centre of the Atacama desert in Chile is the driest part of the driest desert on our planet. It is the only place on Earth that is, as far as anyone has been able to tell, devoid of life. A team of scientists from the NASA has been studying here as this parched soil is Earth's best proxy for Mars. Finding a trace of life in the Atacama, could help scientists to know what to look for and how to look for it on Mars.
The scientists work from the Yungai base camp where the lab is a tiny bastion of high technology. Chris McKay, one of the world's foremost experts on Mars, has come looking for cyanobacteria... 

Patrick Zachmann 2003

Atacama desert.

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Atacama desert. Yungai station. Landscapes with early morning... 

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Atacama desert. Yungai station. Landscapes with early morning... 

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Atacama desert, Yungai station.

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Atacama desert, oct-nov 2003. Elizabeth Lester in a landscape... 

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Atacama desert. Sampling air from atmosphere with a baloon.... 

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Atacama desert. Kevin and Kim Rhodes, checking the instruments... 

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Atacama desert. "Mars" landscapes.

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Atacama desert. Chris Mac Kay in Mars landscape.

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Atacama desert. Fog near Yungai station, early morning.

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Atacama desert. Charlie Cockell.

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Atacama desert. Rafael Navarro-Gonzales, Jose de la Rosa, Danielle... 

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Atacama desert.

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Atacama desert.

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In Salars.

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Atacama desert, Aguas Calientes. Kim sampling soil from this... 

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Atacama desert. 

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Atacama desert.

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Atacama desert. Near Yungai station.

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Atacama desert, Aguas Calientes. Kim sampling soil form this... 

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Atacama desert. Kim Warren-Rhodes, looking for Quartz stones... 

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Atacama desert. "Mars" landscapes.

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Atacama desert. Danielle Bagaley, Fred Rainey, Jose de la Rosa... 

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Atacama desert. Elizabeth Lester, with sterilised suit, sampling... 

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Atacama desert. Elizabeth Lester.

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Atacama desert. "Dust devil".

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Atacama desert. Adrian Ponce and Elizabeth Lester.

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Atacama desert. Chris Mac Kay and the baloon for air sampling.... 

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Atacama desert. Chris Mac Kay measuring wind speed.

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Atacama desert. Chris Mac Kay, Joe, Rafael...and the baloon for... 

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Atacama desert. Bruce and Chris, measuring wind speed.

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Atacama desert.

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Atacama desert. Coming back to Yungai desert station with the... 

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Atacama desert. Yungai station.

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Atacama desert. Writing the exact time of each air sample.

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Atacama desert. Charlie Cockell preparing an instrument of measure... 

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Atacama desert. Yungai desert station.

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Atacama desert. Yungai station.

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Atacama desert. Yungai station.

Patrick Zachmann 2003

Atacama desert, Yungai station.

Patrick Zachmann 2003

Atacama desert. Yungai station.
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