fashion show sheds light on enormous clothing dump in Chile, visible from space

Dressed in layers of denim, Sadlin Charles walks the sand catwalk among piles of discarded clothes and tires in Chile’s Atacama Desert. His outfit is made from items found in the surrounding waste piles, which are so large they are visible from space. Nearly all of this waste comes from countries thousands of miles away, … Read more

The driest place on earth: the Atacama Desert in Chile

Located in northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is not just an arid region. It covers more than 600 miles (965 km) along the Pacific coast of South America and is one of the most extreme landscapes in the world. Thanks to certain oceanic conditions, there are areas where no rainfall has occurred in recorded history, … Read more