The air over the Atacama desert is transparant and dry, which makes for perfect stargazing.
We watched the moon set and the sky darken. Alain (our astronomer guide) taught us about stars, constellations, planets and galaxies. He has 6 telescopes set up all directed towards different objects. We saw the Moon, Saturn, Mars alongside clusters, gas fields and more.
Michael has written a beautiful post about his experience at an observatory further south over here....
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