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In 2026, rare rains were projected to produce a 17,000-square-kilometre wildflower bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert, with more than 200 plant species

In 2026, El Niño rains turned Chile’s Atacama, Earth’s driest nonpolar desert, into a wildflower carpet of about 17,000 sq km with 200+ plant species.

In 2026, rare rains were projected to produce a 17,000-square-kilometre wildflower bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert, with more than 200 plant species

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