Mars on Earth

Little man, big mountain range: this is the Atacama desert in northern Chile, as seen from the top of a huge, powdery sand dune. They call this desolate place the 'Mars Valley' for good reason: it's so much like another planet (a 'mars-analog site' in technical terms) that NASA tested their rovers in this area. It's as close to a 22nd-century intergalactic holiday one can get in this day and age, on this planet.

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