Microenvironments of Habitability in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert

Donald Glaser1, Damien Finn2, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz2, Saul Perez-Montano3, Steven J Desch4 and Hilairy Ellen Hartnett5, (1)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (2)Arizona State University, School of Life Science, Tempe, AZ, United States, (3)San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, United States, (4)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ, United States, (5)Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States