Most of the time, the Atacama desert — the driest non-polar place on Earth, sandwiched between two mountain ranges in western Chile — is gritty, cracked, and red. The desert gets less than 1.5 centimeters of rain per year, the equivalent of six or so hours of drizzle. Sometimes it doesn't get any at all. But this year… It’s different:
Other years, though, are just a little bit damper. In those cases, the seeds sleeping just under the sand wake up, sending shoots to the surface. Those shoots grow leaves and buds. And then, when the time is right, the whole desert lets loose. This is one of those years.
http://strangesounds.org/2019/04/atacama-desert-flowers-desierto-florido-pictures-video.html
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