Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > BTW, even the most severe deserts in the world get a bit of rain. No
> > where does it not rain in a year or more.
> >
>
> And as always some a-hole has to prove it wrong
>
> The Atacama Desert is so dry and sterile, that NASA uses the region for
> the testing of its interplanetary rovers, because it is the place most
> similar to the surface of Mars on Earth. Average rainfall is listed as
> less than 1 mm per year, although that depends on the region, as some
> parts of the Atacama Desert experience rainfall only two to four times
> per century, with some areas not having seen a single drop for 500 years.

You were not being an a-hole at all, Ed.
I stand corrected and it was interesting to read about that area.

There are so many different areas on our planet, it's a shame that we
don't have many more documentaries on unknown out-of-the-way places.
So many documentary shows often rehash the more well known areas.

There are many wildlife docs but after a while, they turn <yawn>.
I much prefer docs that concentrate on history and geology of a
certain area. I've watched a few lately. nice