Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
Headline from WHEC Rochester
Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weather pattern earlier this year. Millions of seeds and bulbs have sprouted, many dormant for decades.
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Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from the El Niño weather pattern earlier this year. Millions of seeds and bulbs have sprouted, many dormant for decades.
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