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Rare desert snowfalls that shocked the world in the last five years: From Saudi dunes to the Atacama plains, where sand meets snow

The Times of India 24 Dec 2025
This came in the midst of a cold wave, which caused sub-zero temperatures, hail, and rain, covering camels and dunes in snow.Atacama Desert, Chile The Atacama Desert, known as the driest place on ...
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These Pictures Of The Atacama Desert in Rare Full Bloom Are Spectacular

IFL Science 08 Dec 2025
And after seeing these pictures of the Atacama desert in gorgeous bloom, you might agree with that.The rest of this article is behind a paywall ... The Atacama desert is located in Chile, hundreds of kilometers from the capital Santiago.
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7,000-Year-Old Atacama Mummies May Have Been Created As "Art Therapy"

IFL Science 03 Dec 2025
Ancient hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert may have begun mummifying their dead as a form of “art therapy” to help them process their grief following the loss of a loved one.
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Científicos piden a Chile proteger los cielos de Atacama ante inminente proyecto industrial

Lancaster Online 02 Dec 2025
SANTIAGO (AP) — Un grupo de destacados científicos de todo el mundo, entre ellos el Nobel de Física Reinhard Genzel, envió una carta abierta al gobierno de Chile para pedir protección a los cielos oscuros del Observatorio Paranal del desierto ... .
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Why Chile Might Be South America’s Most Overlooked Adventure Capital

New York Observer 30 Nov 2025
Portillo Atacama Desert Elqui Valley Valparaíso and Casablanca Central Wine Valleys Lake District Chiloé Archipelago Patagonia Circuit ... Atacama Desert. The Atacama’s superpower is absence—absence of humidity and of light ... Atacama Desert Atacama Desert.
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Why Did Prehistoric Mummies From The Atacama Desert Have Such Small Brains?

IFL Science 24 Nov 2025
The Chinchorro culture that inhabited Chile’s Atacama Desert from about 7,500 years ago is famous for its mummies, which predate those from Ancient Egypt by several millennia ... Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content ... .
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Endings and beginnings: Atacama Cosmology Telescope releases its final data, shaping the future of cosmology

Phys Dot Org 24 Nov 2025
In the case of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), those years amount to nearly 20—and now the telescope has completed its mission ... in Chile's Atacama Desert ... The Atacama Cosmology Telescope.
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Super Copper Completes Phase 1 Exploration Program at its Flagship Cordillera Cobre Project in Atacama, Chile

Canada Newswire 07 Nov 2025
Historic mine workings and copper-bearing outcrops at Super Copper’s Cordillera Cobre Project, Calcite Hill target, Atacama Region, Chile ... Project, Atacama Region, Chile (CNW Group/Super Copper Corp.).
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Chile’s Atacama desert flower could hold key to drought tolerant crops

CyprusMail 12 Oct 2025
In Chile’s arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand worsening drought conditions driven by climate change.
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Rare wildflowers blanket Atacama desert

BBC News 11 Oct 2025
One of the world's driest deserts is transformed into a sea of wildflowers after a rare bloom ... .
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New Gecko Species Discovered in Chile’s Atacama Desert

Greek Reporter 09 Oct 2025
Scientists have discovered multiple new gecko species in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth ... The Atacama is so dry that parts of it resemble the surface of Mars, yet life there ...
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The world's driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show

Newsday 09 Oct 2025
LLANOS DE CHALLE NATIONAL PARK, Chile — A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers.
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The world’s driest desert blooms into a rare, fleeting flower show

The Associated Press 09 Oct 2025
A rare bloom in Chile’s Atacama desert has briefly transformed one of the world’s driest places into a dazzling carpet of fuchsia-colored wildflowers.
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