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Rare Snowfall in the Atacama Desert

Snow infrequently falls in the high plains of northern Chile. And when it does, it doesn’t last for long.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 19, 2025
Data acquired June 26 - July 16, 2025

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Terra > MODIS