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A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades

NPR | By John Bartlett
Published November 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM MST

El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.

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