In Chile, the world's driest desert Atacama was covered with snow

The Chilean Atacama Desert, which is considered the driest in the world, has been covered with snow, reported the press service of the ALMA observatory located in the desert on social network X.

"Incredible! The Chilean Atacama Desert, the driest in the world, is covered with snow!" - says the observatory's message on social network X.

In the published video, representatives of the observatory noted that this phenomenon in Atacama is being observed for the first time in ten years.

The Atacama Desert is located on the western coast of South America in Chile and occupies a narrow strip along the Pacific Ocean coast in Chile with a length of about 1000 kilometers.