Chile
The Capsule That Saved the Chilean Miners
The Natural History museum offers an inside look at the dramatic rescue of men trapped half a mile underground in a Chilean copper mine
January 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Day 4: Peak Conditions for a New Telescope
Secretary Clough scopes out the site for the Giant Magellan Telescope and bids goodbye to Las Campanas
May 27, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Day 3: The Excitement of Astronomy
A daytime tour of the Magellan facility and its surrounding hillside is topped off by a perfect evening of stargazing
May 26, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Day 2: Stargazing in the Andes Mountains
Up high among wild burros and llamas, a Smithsonian astronomer observes and studies the millions of stars in the sky
May 25, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Day 1: A Stop in Santiago
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough explores Santiago before heading to the Las Campanas Observatory in the Chilean Andes
May 24, 2009 |
By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
The Mystery of Easter Island
New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed
April 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
Chile's Driving Force
Once imprisoned by Pinochet, the new Socialist president Michelle Bachelet wants to spread the wealth initiated by the dictator's wrenching economic policies
November 2006 |
By Jonathan Kandell
