A desert in Chile that has never recorded a drop of rain
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest non-polar place on Earth, with some specific weather stations having never recorded a single drop of precipitation in human history.
Chile's Atacama Desert sits in a double rain shadow between the Andes and the Chilean Coast Range, effectively blocking moisture from both sides. Some areas have remained hyper-arid for over 15 million years, and specific weather stations in the desert's core have never seen rain since records began.
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