The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually barren sand are currently carpeted with a colorful bloom of white and purple flowers.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...

The Atacama Desert, primarily located in Chile along ... in March and August fell in the drought-stricken region. The bloom generally occurs once every five to seven years, but rain in March ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...