Desierto florido
by Simon Gascoin, CNRS/CESBIO, Toulouse, France
Desierto florido (flowery desert) occurs occasionally in the Atacama region as a consequence of above-normal winter precipitation (in general during El Nino years).
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- South America (318)
- Chile (75)
- Exact location (-71.1063 W, -28.2258 S)
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Pentax *1st SD
Taken on 29
August
2010
Submitted on 2 May 2011
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Simon Gascoin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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