Global warming is a huge problem for humanity. Water levels are rising, weather is changing and the future of the earth could be in peril. However, despite all of these terrible consequences, global warming does bring some unexpected yet beautiful side effects. One of the most impressive is in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world; it is extremely hot and rains are very rare. [googlead] This desert is huge covering over 105,000 square kilometers in size. Although it looks completely dead and dry, it has a very special secret lying just under the sand that only rain can unlock.
The Atacama desert is located in Chile and is the driest deserts in the world.
It looks completely dead and dry, but hiding under the sand there are millions of flower buds.
Once every many years, heavy rains in spring will fall, and this arid landscape turns into a giant flower oasis.
This phenomenon is extremely rare but global warming and Hurricane Patricia this year have caused heavy rains in the Atacama desert twice already this year.
Over 20,000 visitors are expected to visit the Atacama desert this year to take in this amazing landscape.
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Photos by Mario Ruiz
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