Atacama Flora
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Large Garra de Leon (Bomarea ovalleii) between blue flowers at Llanos de Challe National Park (D5C0254.jpg)
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Unusually large Garra de Leon (Bomarea ovallei) flower in full bloom, Atacama desert (Z7D4950.jpg)
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Aerial photo of Atacama Desert in bloom, mountains covered with lilac flower carpets (DJI_0565.jpg)
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Yellow Terciopelo flowers (Argylia radiata) mixed with Pata de Guanaco (Cistanthe sp.) during Atacama desert blooming event (Z7D6031.jpg)
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The Atacama desert covered in an ocean of flowers during a rare blooming event. (Z7D5923.jpg)
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Some months after the rain, the Atacama desert appears covered with a green and pink carpet (Z7D5014.jpg)
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Abundant flower carpets of many different endemic species are covering the Atacama desert in October 2022 (Z7D4914.jpg)
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Detail of Terciopelo flower (Argylia radiata), one of the flower of the blooming Atacama. (Z7D4964.jpg)
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Coastal mountains covered with flowers. Atacama desert in bloom at Reserva National Paposo, Chile (D2X3084.jpg)
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Truck on the Panamericana Highway driving through blooming Atacama desert near Vallenar, Chile (TruckDesertBloom.jpg)
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Atacama Desierto Florido 2015, massive desert blooming of Pata de Guanaco flowers, Chile (D5A4244.jpg)
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Llareta or Yareta (Azorella compacta) in bloom with thousands of tiny flowers, Altiplano Chile (E2X0811.jpg)
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Copiapoa cinerea and blue Nolana flowers in bloom at the coastal Atacama desert near Paposo (D7C1954.jpg)
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After rare rainfall the Atacama is covered with a green flower carpet. Hills near Taltal. (D7C3499-Pano.jpg)
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Lilac Patas de Guanaco flowers shaking in the wind of the blooming Atacama desert (D5C0339.jpg)
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Three panorama photos of Atacama desierto florido 2017, carpets of flowers (D5C06763-Pano.jpg)
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Malvita (Cristaria gracilis), a beautiful fragile flower of Atacama Desert in bloom (D5C0163.jpg)
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Malvita (Cristaria gracilis), a beautiful blue flower of Atacama Desert in bloom (D5C0152.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom, desierto florido in Chile happens during El Nino years (DSE7743.jpg)
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Diego de la noche (Oenothera coquimbensis), yellow flower of the Atacama desert (D8C6211.jpg)
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Macro photo of Pata de Guanaco flower, an emblematic flower of the Atacama desert in bloom (D8C6150.jpg)
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Colorful dense carpet of lilac and blue flowers, Atacama desierto florido 2017 (D8C5961.jpg)
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Green hills and plains are covered with flowers, Atacama desert blooming in 2017 (D5C0630.jpg)
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Colorful flowers in back light, Atacama desert in bloom at sunset, near Bahia Inglesa (D7C2277.jpg)
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Tillandsia virescens is a bromeliad that can be found in the high planes of the Andes on overhanging rocks (D5A2002.jpg)
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Atacama desert in bloom, a purple carpet of pata de guanaco flowers (Cistanthe longiscapa) (lila3.jpg)
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Pata de guanaco flower (Cistanthe longiscapa) close up, Atacama desert, Chile (pata-de-guanaco.jpg)
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Tillandsia marconae is an endangered bromeliad of the coastal Atacama desert near Arica (D5A2725.jpg)
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Solanum heterantherum flower, Llano del Challe National Park, Atacama desert. (solanum-flower-atacama.jpg)
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Atacama Desierto florido 2015, massive desert blooming of Pata de Guanaco flowers, Chile (desierto-florido-atacama.jpg)
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Chagual chico (Puya venusta), a rare endemic Bromeliad of the coastal desert of northern Chile (IMG_3435.jpg)
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Malesherbia auristipulata is a very rare endemic red flower of the northern Atacama Desert (D5A1892.jpg)
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After a rare rain the Atacama desert gets a green cover of plants, Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile (D7C3233.jpg)
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Malesherbia auristipulata is a very rare endemic flower of the northern Atacama Desert (D7C8837.jpg)
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Tropaeolum tricolor, a colorful little flower, Reserva Nacional Paposo, Atacama desert (D7C9331.jpg)
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Field of red Ananuca lilies during Atacama desert in bloom, desierto florido (rhodophiala-phycelloides-atacama-desert-in-bloom.jpg)
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Large field of Pata de Guanaco in a rare year with blooming Atacama desert, near Vallenar (lila2.jpg)
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Macro closeup of Ananuca (Rhodophiala) flower, Atacama desert in bloom, Chile (DSCN3720.jpg)
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The yellow desert lily flower is dry and seeds are ready to spread, Ananuca amarilla, Rhodophiala bagnoldii (D8A5375.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom at sunset, backlight backlit close up of pata de guanaco flowers (D7C1398.jpg)
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Small Atacama desert lagoon after a rare rainfall with Cistanthe salsoloides plants, Chile (D2X8167.jpg)
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Rain clouds above Atacama desert in bloom in the area of Copiapo with white and lilac flowers (D7C1579.jpg)
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Tacma flower close up, Cleome chilensis. Beautiful flower of the Atacama desert (cleome-chilensis-flower-atacama-desert.jpg)
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Massive blooming of white Suspiros (Nolana baccata) flowers, Atacama desierto florido (D7D0502.jpg)
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Añañuca amarilla (Rhodophiala bagnoldii), a rare orange variation. Atacama desierto florido, Chile (DSCN3724.jpg)
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A field of añañuca amarilla (Rhodophiala bagnoldii), Atacama desert in bloom 2015, desierto florido Chile (D7D0405.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura (Polylepis tarapacana) has been found at altitudes of 5200 meters (D7C8502.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura tree (Polylepis tarapacana) near Salar de Surire, Altiplano Chile (D7C8463.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom at sunset with pata de guanaco flowers, desierto florido Chile (D7C1411.jpg)
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Plains covered with purple flowers during Atacama Desert in bloom,desierto florido 2015, Chile (D5A4202.jpg)
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Closeup of thick succulent leaves of Pata de Guanaco with dew drops, Atacama desert Chile (D7C1483.jpg)
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Cistanthe arancioana growing under extreme dry conditions in the Atacama desert (D2X4382.jpg)
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Close up of small white flower (Oziroe biflora) and mite insect in Atacama Desert (D7C1932.jpg)
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Alstroemeria philippi, a beautiful flower of the Atacama desert in Chile (atacama-flora86.jpg)
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Night over Atacama desert in bloom with rising moon, flowers and cactus at night (D7C2331.jpg)
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Ananuca amarilla and Tillandsias in the sand dunes of Atacama desert near Copiapo (D7C9693.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura tree (Polylepis tarapacana) has been found at altitudes of 5200 meters (D7C8481.jpg)
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Tomatillo (Solanum chilense), yellow Atacama desert flower of the tomato family (D7C1942.jpg)
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Yellow lilies, desierto Florido in the Vallenar region of Atacama desert, Chile (ananucagelb2.jpg)
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Nolana elegans flower with morning dew drops, Atacama Desert in bloom (nolana-flower-dew-drops.jpg)
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Malesherbia auristipulata is a beautiful and very rare endemic flower of the northern Atacama Desert (D5A2676.jpg)
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Over 200 different species of flowers cover the Atacama desert after a rare rainy winter (colored-flowers.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom with white Nolana baccata flowers, desierto florido Chile (D7C1590.jpg)
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Oreja de Zorro (Aristolochia chilensis) or Dutchman's pipes, strange flower of the Atacama desert, Chile (atacama-flora33.jpg)
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Plains covered with lilac flowers during Atacama Desert in bloom, desierto florido 2015, Chile (DSE7320.jpg)
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A carpet of blue flowers (Nolana elegans), Atacama Desert near Paposo after a rare rainfall during El Nino, Chile (D2X3150.jpg)
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Wide area covered with Pata de Guanaco flowers, Atacama Desert in Bloom, Desierto Florido near Vallenar Chile (lila1.jpg)
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Blue Nolana flower just opening it blossoms in the morning fog of the coastal Atacama desert mountains, Chile (DSCN6664.jpg)
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Alstroemeria pelegrina, a rare endemic flower found at the coastal desert of Chile (IMG3443.jpg)
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Closeup of Lirio del campo flower (Alstroemeria violacea), Atacama desert Chile (D7C3135.jpg)
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Lirio del campo flowers (Alstroemeria violacea), Atacama desert in bloom, Chile (D7C3200.jpg)
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In October the flowers dry and spread their seeds - the end of the Atacama desert in bloom in Chile (atacama-flowers-seeds.jpg)
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Panorama of Atacama desert landscape painted with lilac flowers, desert in bloom 2015, Chile (panorama-desert-in-bloom.jpg)
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Desert flower Malesherbia humilis, growing under extreme dry conditions of the Atacama desert, Chile (D2X3580.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura (Polylepis tarapacana) has been found at altitudes of 5200 meters (D7C8502bw.jpg)
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Coastal mountains covered with flowers. Atacama desert in bloom at Reserva National Paposo, Chile (D2X3085.jpg)
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Añañuca amarilla (Rhodophiala bagnoldii), endemic flower of Atacama desert, Chile (D7C9508.jpg)
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Large variety of colorful different species of flowers on a square meter, Atacama desert in bloom, Chile (D7C2410.jpg)
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Sunset with flowers, Atacama desert in bloom near Copiapo, Chile (desert-in-bloom-sunset.jpg)
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Atacama desert in bloom, flowers of different colors cover the otherwise dry desert. (D7C2070.jpg)
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Variety of lilies and blue Nolana elegans flowers, Atacama desert in bloom, National Reserve of Paposo, Chile (D2X3086.jpg)
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Tillandsias (Tillandsia landbeckii) are bromeliads that survive in the Atacama desert only thanks to the coastal fog Camanchaca (D7C9647.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom, a rare event that happens only every few years, Chile (DSE7753.jpg)
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After a rare desert rain thousands of tiny plants are sprouting around the dry remains of dead plant (DSC3643.jpg)
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Oxalis carnosae flower surviving in very dry parts of the Atacama desert, Chile (P1000920.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura (Polylepis tarapacana) has been found at altitudes of 5200 meters (D7C8501.jpg)
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Plains of the Atacama Desert covered with flowers, desierto florido 2015, Chile (D7C2217.jpg)
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Cistanthe salsoloides, a succulent Atacama desert flower surviving in extreme dry conditions (D2X4536.jpg)
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Tiny halophilic plants (Sacocornia pulvinata?) living on salt in a Salt flat near Ollague, Chilean Altiplano (P1010326.jpg)
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Tomatillo (Solanum chilense), yellow Atacama desert flower of the tomato family (D7C1939.jpg)
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Glory of the Sun, Leucocoryne purpurea, a beautiful blue flower of Atacama Desert (D7C2842.jpg)
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Pata de guanaco flowers close up during Atacama desert in bloom, desierto florido Chile (pata-de-guanaco-atacama.jpg)
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Beautiful rock landscape with desert flowers and cactus, Atacama desert blooming (D7C3727.jpg)
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Close up of Euphorbia flower (Euphorbia lactiflua), endemic flower of Atacama desert, Chile (DSCN3050.jpg)
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Colorful flowers in back light, Atacama desert in bloom at sunset, near Bahia Inglesa (D7C2273.jpg)
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Tillandsia virescens is a bromeliad that can be found in the high planes of the Andes on overhanging rocks (D5A2003.jpg)
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Closeup yellow Pata de Guanaco flower (Cistanthe litoralis), Atacama desert in bloom, Chile (D7C1655.jpg)
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Malesherbia auristipulata is a very rare endemic flower of the northern Atacama Desert (D7C8824.jpg)
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Rhodophiala laeta, a rare lilac lily (Rhodophiala) of the Atacama Desert, Chile (D2X3140.jpg)
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Queñoa De Altura tree (Polylepis tarapacana) grows at altitudes of 5200 meters (D7C8472.jpg)
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Close up of red Garra de Leon (Leontochir) flower, a rare endemic flower of the Atacama desert, Chile (atacama-flora19.jpg)
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The flower of Oxalis gigantea appears before the leaves, endemic Atacama desert flower (D7B7532.jpg)
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Alstroemeria flower (Alstroemeria violacea) with small beetle, Atacama desert, Chile (D7C4240.jpg)
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Atacama Desert in bloom. A carpet of purple Pata de Guanaco, Cistanthe longiscapa (DSE7734.jpg)
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The Llareta (Azorella compacta) is a very slow growing plant that lives at altitudes above 4000 meters in the altiplano of Chile (DSC4267.jpg)
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Field of red Ananuca lilies in the Atacama desert, desierto florido near Freirina, Chile (atacama-flora81.jpg)