Cactus heavily overgrown with beard lichen, Pan de Azucar National Park

Dense forest of giant cactus (Echinopsis atacamensis), Isla del Pescado, Salar de Uyuni

Old cactus in Pan de Azucar national park

Eriosyce subgibbosa cactus blooming at the coast of central Chile

Eriosyce chilensis, a very rare endemic cactus of the coastal Atacama desert

Giant Cardon cactus (Echinopsis atacamensis), Rio Puritama near San Pedro de Atacama

Echinopsis atacamensis cactus forest with mountains and dark cloudy sky

Copiapoa calderana ssp. atacamensis, Morro Moreno national park, Antofagasta Chile

Giant cardon cactus (Echinopsis atacamensis) in the Andes of Chile, near San Pedro de Atacama

Colita de oveja (Eulychnia breviflora), cactus flower. Pan de Azucar National Park, Atacama desert.

Copiapoa de Carrizal cactus (Copiapoa dealbata) grow in large clumps near the Atacama desert coast, Parque Nacioal Llanos de Challe, Chile

Clumps of Copiapoa Cactus (Copiapoa dealbata) at the Atacama coast near Carrizal, Chile

The cactus in the fog oasis of Morro Moreno national park are heavily covered with many different species of lichens

Red flowers of Old Man of The Andes cactus (Oreocereus leucotrichus) in full bloom

Cardon cactus (Echinopsis atacamensis) blooming at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Copiapoa cactus (Copiapoa cinerea) in Pan de Azucar National Park

Orange Copiapoa cactus (Copiapoa cinerea cinerea) in coastal Atacama desert of Paposo

Giant Cardon cactus (Echinopsis atacamensis) at Rio Puritama near San Pedro de Atacama

Giant flower of Echinopsis deserticola cactus, Atacama desert Chile

Corryocactus at sunset, Atacama desert

Eulychnia cactus near Taltal, coastal Atacama desert

Eulychnia iquiquensis in coastal Camanchaca fog at Morro Moreno National Park near Antofagasta

Clump of Copiapoa cinerea ssp. haseltoniana cactus at the coast of Llanos de Challe, Atacama

Copiapoa cinerea at the coastal desert near Taltal, Atacama desert

Candelabre cactus (Browningia candelaris) in the Andes near Putre, Chile

Giant Candelabre cactus (Browningia candelaris) in the Andes near Putre, Chile

Detail of cactus spines growth point (Echinopsis deserticola), Pan de Azucar National Park Chile

Detail of cactus spines (Echinopsis deserticola) central growing bud, Atacama desert

Eulychnia Cactus covered with lichens, evidence of high humidity due to coastal fog, Atacama desert

The coastal fog Camanchaca has covered the buds of Echinopsis deserticola cactus with water droplets

Close up of white cactus flower (Echinopsis deserticola), Atacama desert

Echinopsis cactus in Valle de Huasco near Freirina, Atacama desert

Copao cactus flower (Eulychnia breviflora), Atacama desert

Coastal Atacama desert with Eulychnia and Copiapoa cacti near Taltal