WATCH: After Intense August Rains, Chile’s Atacama Desert Bursts into Bloom

August 26, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is blanketed with a riot of colourful wild flowers after unusually heavy rains triggered a rare ‘flowering desert’ event.

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