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- Best use
- Milky Way, meteor showers, and deep-sky viewing
- Planning signal
- Dark-window target
- Route context
- 4 Stella stays within 350 km
Certified dark-sky park
Atacama Desert (San Pedro)
Chile · Pristine sky skies
About this place
- Overview
- Driest non-polar desert on Earth; premier Southern Hemisphere stargazing
- Horizon
- Flat desert terrain, unobstructed 360° views; Andes to the east
- Region
- Chile
- Nearest city
- ~100 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- Wilderness Area
- Sky quality
- Bortle 1 · Pristine sky
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Dark-sky stays near here
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- 0 km · Observatory StayAwasi AtacamaView stay →
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- 3 km · Telescope ProgramTierra AtacamaView stay →
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