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Not just the altitude, but the dry air. I think the Atacama desert is classfied as of the most (if not the most) dry places on earth. That helps a lot with havi
by dr_zoidberg 9y ago
Not just the altitude, but the dry air. I think the Atacama desert is classfied as of the most (if not the most) dry places on earth. That helps a lot with having almost 100% "uptime" on the scopes, and with atmospheric seeing (the quality of the observations under an atmosphere).
- zimpenfish 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert#Aridity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert#Aridity says "driest non-polar region".