One of the driest places on Earth has blossomed after some unusual rain earlier this year. The Atacama Desert, primarily located in Chile along the Pacific Ocean, is flush with flowers after ...

Standing in the middle of the Atacama Desert ... Some parts of the desert’s more than 40,000 square miles occasionally see rain, but the driest reaches of the desert landscape go the entire ...

Despite its extreme dryness, the desert is known as world's largest fog desert, with fog providing some moisture, particularly in coastal areas ...

A place that receives less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year is considered ... The driest deserts, such as Chile's Atacama Desert, have parts that receive less than ...

Flamingos are not just Florida lawn decor—they are a remarkable bird that thrives in the driest desert on the planet. In ...

Receiving just 0.5 millimetres of rainfall per year on average, the Atacama receives 50 times less rain ... to the desert, but Chile, Peru and Bolivia were all the more interested, and after ...

Chile’s Atacama Desert is a destination ... that body wash became my ritual. After long treks through dusty terrain and frigid nights in the desert, stepping into the shower and lathering ...

The body of a 60-year-old British astronomer and professor was found in the Chilean desert two months after he went missing ... Southern Observatory in the Atacama Desert, a "facility he had ...