The Atacama Desert is huge, covering about 40,500 square ... making it a treasured part of Chile. The post Giant Hand in the Desert: The Mystery of La Mano del Desierto appeared first on Years ...

On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy period can produce "super blooms," where even the Atacama becomes blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...