This is the driest desert on the Earth covered with flowers

The Atacama desert has bloomed after a long rain that fell in the region for the first time in seven years

The driest in the world, the Atacama desert in Chile, was covered by a magnificent carpet of flowers. That fabulous riot of nature was the consequence of the first seven years of rain, according to the American edition of Mashable.

The desert bloomed after a long rain in early October. It clarifies the experts, the total duration of the rains in Atacama region hardly exceeds half a day in seven years. This is why nature so vividly reacted to the changed climatic conditions.

 

 








   Photo: Blooming Atacama Desert

Unfortunately, experts predict, new pink landscape will change standard yellow Sands of the desert in November.

Note that the Atacama desert only blooms during the rains. In 2015, the rains in the region began in March for the first time in seven years. Because of the rains occurred landslides and floods. Killing 28 of Chileans, thousands of people were left homeless.





Photo: The "Normal" Region

However, due to the large influx of tourists wishing to see the blooming desert, the authorities managed to restore the region. The bloom will last until November, and authorities expect to take until the end of the season, at least 20 thousand tourists from around the world.

The Atacama is located on the border of the Northern areas of Chile and southern Peru. It stretches along the coast of the Pacific ocean to the Andes of 1.2 thousand km to Get the blooming desert is possible only by air.

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Source: rbc.ua/styler/zhizn/samaya-suhaya-pustynya-zemle-pokrylas-tsvetami-1446024014.html

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