The arid plains of northern Chile are likely to once again be painted a rainbow of colors with blooming flowers after this year's winter rains set the stage for the so-called flowering desert in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama bloom attracts large numbers of local and foreign tourists and happens after heavy rains in the southern hemisphere's winter.
Seeds and bulbs of endemic species like the "Ananuca" or "Pata de Guanaco" typically hide underground as the hot sun beats down from above, waiting for enough water to shoot out of the ground. "It is just beginning, we hope that by the second half of September we can have even more flowering," said park ranger Jorge Godoy.
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