Saturday, October 31, 2015

Desert flowers

The Atacama desert is experiencing a rare springtime bloom of flowers after El Niño brought the heaviest rainfall in two decades earlier this year. The desert is usually one of the driest places on Earth. Flowers normally bloom every five to seven years but this year’s showing has been one of the most spectacular. Photo: Mario Ruiz/EPA.

This blossoming has been called the most spectacular of the last 18 years. Photo: Carlos Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images.

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