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Desierto florido: What causes these rare flower blooms in the world’s driest desert?
The Atacama Desert presents bursts of colorful flowers every few years.
For most people, the word “desert” probably conjures similar images:
Barren wastes dotted with cacti, maybe a lizard darting from rock to rock.
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But deserts hide plenty of life, and at least in one desert, that life bursts into vibrant view once every few years.
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