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:
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| Flowering desert or desierto florido in Atacama desert. Picture via Twitter |
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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.
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.
Hoy en #MiércolesDeLaTierra una hermosa imagen del Desierto Florido ,en Atacama, Chile. Una maravilla de la Naturaleza... Por esta belleza y mucho más cuidemos nuestro Planeta!@BoseOfficial #MB
Intense and unexpected rain in the north of Chile has brought another “desierto florio,” or “desert flowering,” to parts of the Atacama.
Invierno altiplánico provoca singular desierto florido en la Región de Arica y Parinacota . CONAF llama a visitantes a ser respetuosos, "no corte las flores y evite pisar el terreno florido". Los antecedentes en T13 bit.ly/2FMtCx6
Although the desert usually experiences a flowering every five to seven years, this one comes just two years after the last, which pinkened the landscape with field upon field of mallow flowers.
Tʜʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴅᴇ ʟᴜɢᴀʀᴇs ᴛᴜʀɪ́sᴛɪᴄᴏs ᴇɴ Cʜɪʟᴇ 
So far, this year’s palette leans heavy on white, purple, and yellow.
Tourism officials said that they hope to see even more colors soon, as the various seeds take different amounts of time to germinate. The desert has more than 200 plant species.
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