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Rare Snow Blankets Atacama Desert, Chile in Once in a Decade Weather Event
SANTIAGO, CHILE – June 27, 2025, 12:09 AM PDT – In an extraordinary turn of events, the Atacama Desert, widely regarded as the world's driest desert, awoke to a stunning blanket of snow on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Captured by the ALMA Observatory at an elevation of 2,900 meters, this rare weather phenomenon marks the first significant snowfall in the region in a decade, challenging the desert...
An image that seems to have been taken out of a winter dream has come true: for the first time in a decade, all the mountain peaks of the Andes in Chilean territory were completely covered with snow, from Arica and Parinacota to the Atacama Region. The unusual and intense snowfalls recorded in the last few hours in the big north of the country surprised communities and experts, generating unique postcards that have not been seen for at least ten…
28-06-25.-An unusual snowfall covered part of the Atacama desert, considered the most arid on the planet, affecting the facilities of the ALMA observatory in northern Chile, according to the astronomical center itself through its social networks. The weather phenomenon was recorded in the C...
Many of us associate the desert with different things. For some, it is a region known for its heat, while for others it is a zone of extremely variable temperatures. But has anyone ever thought that snow could fall in the desert?
The post They show curious natural phenomenon that occurred in the Atacama Desert: "It didn't happen more than 10 years ago" was first published on FMDOS.
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