Heading south towards Santiago, we stopped in the Atacama Desert.

The driest place on earth, this barren wasteland is the perfect place to build observatories; some of the largest telescopes in the world are built here.

We took a stargazing tour and saw the Andromeda galaxy through our own eyes (via a giant telescope...). Also, we got our first sighting of the Southern Cross, only visible from the Southern Hemisphere - very cool!

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