The new park will lie near Chile’s northern coast ... Desierto Florido National Park will safeguard nearly 200 flower species, including endemic super blooms such as the star-shaped añañucas ...

That's because heavy rains in mid-August have caused thousands of flowers to bloom. This periodic phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert is known locally as desierto florido (flowering desert).

In a world where wonder never ceases, Chile ... These flowers do not survive outside of their environment. As per media reports, Alejandro Martin, the regional head of the national tourism ...

Chile's Atacama Desert has turned into a mauve-coloured carpet of flowers following a downpour ... Rodrigo Ruiz, acting regional director of Chile's National Tourism Service, Sernatur, said ...

Large swaths of the Atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been covered with purple and white flowers after unusual rainfall patterns in northern Chile. Normally, such a desert bloom ...