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 dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. In February 2025, conditions were just ...

A brilliant comet lights up the night sky over Chile's Atacama Desert in this stunning image captured by a photographer with the European Southern Observatory in January 2025. For several days in ...

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”.

The hundreds of thousands of people living in fast-growing, densely populated cities in the Atacama Desert are ... may offer a small bloom of hope in the desert.

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...