This phenomenon, sometimes called a “desert bloom,” is filling sections of the Atacama with bright flowers. The Atacama Desert stretches along the coast of northern Chile, encompassing over ...

The Atacama Desert, primarily located in Chile along ... in March and August fell in the drought-stricken region. The bloom generally occurs once every five to seven years, but rain in March ...

The Atacama desert, which fringes the city on its southern ... with dormant seeds producing a striking bloom that has seen the area dubbed as the Desierto Florido, or “flowering desert”.

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.