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Atacama Desert

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6 of the Most Unusual Deserts on Earth

The Atacama Desert is one of the world's oldest deserts — and also one of the driest places on Earth.

The average rainfall is just 0.6 inches per year; until the early 1970s, some parts of the desert hadn't seen rainfall for around 400 years. Covering 40,000 square miles along the Pacific coast in northern Chile, the Atacama landscape features vivid colors of mineral-rich rock, lagoons, and salt flats. The desert's Valle de Marte (which translates to "Mars Valley") is famous for its resemblance to the red planet — in fact, NASA even used the valley to mimic the conditions on Mars for research.

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