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Atacama Desert Cactus

Eriosyce chilensis is a critically endangered cactus species of central Chile

Yellow flower of Copiapoa cactus, Atacama desert Chile

Close up of giant flower and spines of Echinopsis deserticola cactus, Atacama desert, Chile

Fluffy cactus: giant Cardon (Echinopsis atacamensis paracana) in full bloom at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Eriosyce glabrescens is a small cactus that is growing mostly underground and hardly visible

Closeup of Copiapoa gigantea cactus at the coastal Atacama desert near Taltal, Chile

Giant candelabre cactus (Browningia candelaris) in the mountains of the Atacama near Putre, Chile

Large Candelabre cactus (Browningia candelaris) in the Atacama desert mountains near Putre, Chile

Large field of Copiapoa cacti in Pan de Azucar National Park (Copiapoa cinerea ssp. columna alba)

Dense habitat of Copiapoa cinerea cacti in the coastal mountains near Taltal, Chile

Desert landscape with Echinopsis cactus in Valle de Huasco near Freirina, Atacama desert Chile

Corryocactus brevistylus with yellow flower, Putre

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

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

Three cactus species in one photo: Eriosyce paucicostata, Echinopsis deserticola and in the background Eulychnia taltalensis

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

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

Tunilla cactus (Miqueliopuntia miquelii) with pink flower, Atacama Region of Chile

Close up of Eulychnia breviflora cactus flower with native bee, Atacama Region

Eriosyce subgibbosa cacti with flower growing in a vertical rock cliff, Tongoy Chile

Copiapoa marginata near Llanos de Challe National Park

A very old specimen of Eulychnia saint-pieana cactus at Pan de Azucar National Park

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

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

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

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

Copiapoa calderana ssp. atacamensis cactus, Morro Moreno national park

Copao cactus flower (Eulychnia breviflora), Atacama desert

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

Echinopsis atacamensis forest with mountains and dark cloudy sky

Old Eulychnia cactus in Pan de Azucar national park

Eulychnia cactus near Taltal, coastal Atacama desert

Eulychnia Cactus covered with lichens, evidence of humidity caused by coastal fog. Atacama Desert

Eriosyce subgibbosa blooming cactus at the coast of central Chile

Large cardon cactus forest on Isla Incahuasi, Salar de Uyuni

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

Cardon cacti at Rio Puritama near San Pedro de Atacama

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

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

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

This almost invisible geophyte cactus (Eriosyce odieri) has the size of a coin and its major part is under ground

Corryocactus in warm evening light, Atacama desert

Coastal Atacama desert with Eulychnia and Copiapoa cacti near Taltal

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

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

Copiapoa cinerea cactus at the Atacama coast near Taltal

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

Clump of Copiapoa dealbata cactus at Llanos de Challe National Park, Atacama

Copao cactus with first flower (Eulychina breviflora), Atacama Region Chile

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