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The image shows the brown arid landscape of the West coast of South America covered in a bright blue snow, the near black Pacific Ocean is visible on the left. To the right the region appears bright green with a light blue region in the upper right labeled fog.

Rare Snowfall in the Atacama Desert

Snow infrequently falls in the high plains of northern Chile. And when it does, it doesn’t last for long.

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