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ARCHIVE: Flowers cover the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile, Tuesday, 4 October 2022.

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Video. El Niño transforms Atacama desert as thousands of hectares burst into bloom

Updated: 23/09/2026 - 7:25 GMT+2

Exceptionally heavy El Niño rains have awakened millions of seeds lying dormant underground, carpeting vast swathes of one of the planet's driest places with flowers.

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