The driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert, has been transformed into a vibrant landscape of white and violet flowers.
The driest desert on Earth is now a vibrant canvas of white and violet hues, thanks to unexpected rains in North Chile.
Researchers reveal that one of the reasons behind these inadvertent events is perhaps climate change. The major areas where the flowering happened were between 115 and 155 square miles. This was confirmed by César Pizarro, head of the Biodiversity Conservation section and Scientific Research at the National Forestry Corporation in Atacama.desert due to rains in the winter can stretch up to 5,800 square miles, where around 200 species of flowers bloom.and within the months of June, July, and August.
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