Chile
Sand Origin
La garbata garganta del Diablo, San Pedro de Atacama
Random Sand Fact
Ever wondered what mysteries lie hidden beneath the shifting sands? In the vast expanse of Chile’s Atacama desert, the oldest mummies in the world have been found buried in loose sand.
The Atacama mummies predate the famed Egyptian mummies by thousands of years. Salt, sand, and extreme dryness have created the perfect conditions for preservation.
But that’s not all. The Atacama is the driest desert on our planet, receiving even less precipitation than the polar deserts of the Arctic and Antarctic.
What secrets will we next find in sand?
