Photos: Wildflowers Bloom in the Atacama Desert - Jingletree

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Javier Torres, a photojournalist with AFP, recently visited the Atacama Desert in Chile, capturing images of a desert in bloom after a spell of unusually wet weather.

September 21, 2026, 12:15 PM ET

An aerial view of patches of blooming wildflowers in a desert, with small mountains in the background

Two people look at a carpet of flowers blooming in a desert.

An aerial view of a car driving through a flower-covered area of a desert

A view of cactus amid blooming wildflowers

A Chilean flag stands among wildflowers.

An aerial view of a road passing through a blooming area in a desert

Blue wildflowers in bloom

Yellow flowers, blooming in a desert

A wildflower emerges from cracked earth.

Rolling hills and a desert plain, with a light covering of pink, purple, and green wildflowers and grasses

White wildflowers cover a desert plain.

A close view of purple wildflowers in bloom

A dark sunset, under a cloudy sky, above a field of blue-and-white wildflowers

A rainbow appears at sunset above wildflowers.

An aerial view of the full arc of a rainbow over a desert

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