Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Events: Nasa images reveal the Atacama Desert covered in rare, widespread snow after back-to-back storms carried moisture from the Andes to the Pacific coast
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile has been covered by an unusually widespread blanket of snow after back-to-back winter storms swept across the region. Nasa satellite imagery shows snow extending ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: After intense August rains, Chile's Atacama Desert bursts into bloom
Northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is blanketed with a riot of colourful wild flowers after unusually heavy rains triggered a rare ‘flowering desert’ event.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: A Meteorological Rarity: Snow Across the Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile isn't a complete stranger to snowfall, but it's rare you see this kind of snowfall. As captured by the NASA Landsat 8, Landsat 9, and Terra satellites, the snow ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: The World's Driest Desert Just Turned White: NASA Captures Rare Snowfall in Atacama
NASA satellites captured before-and-after images of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the world's driest non-polar region, blanketed in snow after back-to-back winter storms in August 2026, an ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Rare snow blankets one of the driest places on Earth
Chile's Atacama Desert swapped its dry, sandy appearance for one of a winter wonderland. And this snow means big changes ahead.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Why is it snowing in the Atacama Desert? Dry land turns white in rare winter weather and El Niño effect
Nature is full of surprises, and we have known this for a while now. There are events that astonish the human eye and sometimes go against the science we have studied. So, something unusual has ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Atacama Desert: One of the driest places on earth is about to burst into bloom with millions of flowers
The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, is set to burst into bloom with millions of flowers after unusually heavy rainfall in 2026.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Rare Atacama Rainfall Events Devastate Microbial Life
Northern Chile is home to the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert. The average yearly rainfall is only 15 millimeters (1.5cm), and in an extremely dry part of it, the ‘hyperarid core,’ there had ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Red Metal Provides Operational Update Following Recent Rainfall in Chile's Vallenar Region
The Vallenar region of Chile's Atacama Region experienced unusually heavy rainfall between approximately July 15 and 19, 2026, resulting in hazardous conditions on local roads and access routes to the ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Rare Snow Blankets the Desert This Summer
NASA noted that strengthening El Niño is providing the backdrop for the unusually wet winter in north-central Chile. While the Atacama is famous for its dryness, August 2026 delivered a dramatic ...