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Photography from Bolivia, Chile, Peru and elsewhere in South America.

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Flowering Desert Chile

Every few years in spring depending on rainfall the southern part of Chile's Atacama Desert (the world's driest desert) bursts into flower, a natural phenomenon known locally as El Desierto Florido or El Desierto Floreciendo. Many of the flower and cacti species are endemic to the region and only flower when this event occurs. Llanos de Challe National Park (between Vallenar and Copiapo) is a good area to see this spectacle, though it happens in many nearby areas as well.

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Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower and Copiapoa cactus ( Copiapoa dealbata var . carrizalensis )
Garra de leon ( Bomarea ovallei ) flower and Copiapoa cactus ( Copiapoa dealbata var . carrizalensis )
Solanum heterantherum flowers
China ( Chaetanthera limbata ) flower
Maravilla del campo ( Flourensia thurifea ) flower
Maravilla del campo ( Flourensia thurifea ) flowers
Maravilla del campo ( Flourensia thurifea ) flowers
Añañuca amarilla ( Rhodophiala bagnoldii ) flower
Añañuca amarilla ( Rhodophiala bagnoldii ) flower
Coronilla ( Encelia canescens ) flower
Amancai ( Balbisia peduncularis ) flower
Amancai ( Balbisia peduncularis )
Rosita ( Cruckshanksia verticillata ) flowers
Rosita ( Cruckshanksia verticillata ) flowers
Rosita ( Cruckshanksia verticillata ) flowers
Terciopelo ( Argylia radiata ) flower
Terciopelo ( Argylia radiata ) flower
Vanilla ( Adesmia argentea ) flowers
Vanilla ( Adesmia argentea ) flowers
Cardo blanco ( Argemone hunnemannii ) flower
Mariposa blanca ( Schizanthus candidus ) flowers
Mariposa blanca ( Schizanthus candidus ) flowers
Suspiro ( Nolana elegans ) flowers
Suspiro ( Nolana elegans ) flowers
Suspiro ( Nolana rupicola ) flower
Suspiro ( Nolana rupicola ) flowers
Pata de guanaco ( Calandrinia longiscapa ) flowers
Pata de guanaco ( Calandrinia longiscapa ) flowers
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) flower
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) flower
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) flower
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) plant
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) plant
Plants flowering in sand dunes during Flowering Desert, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Plants flowering in sand dunes during Flowering Desert, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Rosita ( Cruckshanksia verticillata ) flowers on sand dunes, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Rosita ( Cruckshanksia verticillata ) flowers on sand dunes, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) plant flowering in sand dunes, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) plant flowering in sand dunes, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Renilla ( Calandrinia speciosa ) plant flowering in sand dunes, Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Terciopelo ( Argylia radiata ) flower in sand dunes , Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowers in dried up lake bed , Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowers in dried up lake bed , Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
Flowering Desert in Llanos de Challe National Park , Region III , Chile
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