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A desert stirs to life: Chile's Atacama erupts in its biggest floral display in decades
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from NPR News · South America
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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