The Speed Project Atacama: The rebel race across a desert - BBC Sport

The Atacama Desert is so dry and desolate, it is used to simulate the surface of Mars. To organise an ultramarathon there takes a unique approach.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Tom ReynoldsBBC SportImage source, Dan KingImage caption, The dry, desolate landscape of the Atacama Desert has been used by American space agency Nasa to replicate conditions on Mars

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The Atacama Desert, Chile.

The driest non-polar desert on earth.

Average annual rainfall? Under a millimetre, with some regions waiting decades between sparse showers.

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