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Keywords: Fog Catcher

Learn about fog catchers, devices that capture microscopic water droplets in fog using a mesh stretched over a frame. Prototypes have been installed at the Atacama Desert Research Station - Alto Patache for research and in communities in northern Chile as a sustainable alternative to water.

¿More information? You can learn about it on the Atacama Desert Center, CDA website.

 


Thick fog stretching across a mountainous region in the Atacama Desert, viewed from above.

UC Chile Atacama Desert Center Wins National Geographic Award for Innovative Fog Water Solutions

The National Geographic Society's Freshwater Conservation Projects competition received over 200 proposals worldwide, all focused on protecting freshwater…