The Atacama Desert is Earth's closest ananlogue to the surface of Mars. That's why NASA has a field station there to test their theories about Martian soil. The driest place on Earth, with very few microorganisms to be found in the soil, Chile’s Atacama Desert offers NASA scientists and engineers a realistic situation in which to practice searching for signs of life on Mars.
Source: Paul Davies, 2019, The Demon in the Machine & Wikipedia
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