Fly above the Atacama Desert, showcasing one of the most extreme and visually striking landscapes on Earth. Located in ...

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally gets just 2 millimeters of rain every year. But this July and August, a rare ...

Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally gets just 2 millimeters of rain every year. But this July and August, a rare ...

Tierra Atacama is among the oldest—and newest—lodges in Antofagasta, set on the edge of desert oasis San Pedro de Atacama since 2008. Chilean founders the Purcells, who went into hospitality with a ...

The Atacama desert in Chile sits long and lean, sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the ...

ATACAMA, Chile, Oct 8 (Reuters) - In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand ...

LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers. The arid ...

A long-exposure image taken from Cerro Pachón captures the luminous road connecting two of Chile's most important astronomical sites. The Atacama desert is a hotspot for astronomy. With its dry thin ...

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Aug. 18 (UPI) --The desert bloom phenomenon is expected to return in the third week of September in Chile's Llanos de Challe National Park and surrounding areas, reaching its peak in October after ...

This recently-released image from NASA gives a mesmerizing, bird’s eye view of an unusual event in what’s widely considered the driest non-polar place on Earth – the Atacama Desert. The satellite ...