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Rare Snow in Atacama Desert, Chile

These images from July 7, 2011, provide an unusual sight: snow covering one of the world’s driest deserts.


NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek and Mike Carlowicz.

Published July 13, 2011
Data acquired July 7, 2011

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Terra > MODIS