A stunning seaside city is one of the driest places on earth, seeing less than a centimetre of rain annually. Arica, a port city in northern Chile, is part of the Atacama Desert, the driest non ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

The Atacama is the driest place on earth beyond the polar regions, says Roberto. It is amazing that not only animals but also 200 endemic plant species can flourish in a place with so little water.