A field of colorful wildflowers blankets the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, transforming the world’s driest non-polar desert into a vibrant landscape during the rare flowering desert phenomenon, known locally as the Desierto Florido, or Desert Bloom. Tamara Merino for NPR
Tamara Merino for NPR
COPIAPÓ, Chile — A vast swathe of Chile’s Atacama Desert is now a patchwork of pinks, yellows, lilacs and purples stretching across the craggy desert floor as far as the
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