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

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El Niño rains have caused the Atacama Desert in Chile to bloom. This has created a large display of flowers and wildlife. The area is known as one of the driest places on Earth.

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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