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Rather, go to Atacama, in Chile. It's a desert with pretty transparent air and little to no clouds, far from anywhere, and easier to traverse than a forest. It'
by nine_k 2y ago
Rather, go to Atacama, in Chile. It's a desert with pretty transparent air and little to no clouds, far from anywhere, and easier to traverse than a forest.
It's also rather closer to the South pole, so not as hot as Amazon.
- MVissers 2y agoAgree with this. It’s the most beautiful night sky I’ve ever seen. The stars seemed to shine 10x brighter than other places, even those without light pollution.
- user_7832 2y agoApparently the desert in Kashmir (I think Ladakh specifically) is also excellent for astronomy for similar reasons - a dry desert, cool due to its altitude, and also benefits from thinner air causing lesser distortion.
- pyinstallwoes 2y agoHow’s the insect situation?
- jfkfif 2y agoIn the desert? It’s the driest place in the world
- kzrdude 2y agoThere's a lot of big telescopes in north chile too