Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama; Spanish pronunciation: [ataˈkama]) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile. Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 k...

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Atacama Desert
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The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show

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