“Mallow blooms in the Atacama region of Chile, 466 miles north of Santiago de Chile. Every five to seven years, the arid Atacama desert becomes a flower carpet. The amount of rain that came down in recent months has led to the most spectacular blossoming of the past 18 years.” (Maria Ruiz, European Press Photo Agency, October 25, 2015)
Post inspiration – “Everywhere the cliffrose is blooming, the yellow flowers shivering in the wind” by Edward Abbey in Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness.
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Gorgeous!
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beauty is revealed in it’s own time.
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It certainly is. Like a bamboo tree (grows underground for 5 years) and then grows 90 feet in 6 weeks.
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Such a pretty contrast 🙂
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It is…
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Nature at its best. 🙂
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It is that…
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gorgeous palette of colours, love how the composition winds softly and lightly through the picture – almost pausing, here and there. Very enjoyable 🙂
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And this coming from the Color Palette Queen. Now that’s something.
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indeed – my eyes are Always looking for more colour! I’m sure they’d say I was a colour addict LOL
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Truly amazing. My husband has relatives in Santiago, I wonder if they had a chance to see it.
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It is amazing. There are more great photos of the miracle here:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/atacama-desert-rainfall-phenomenon?context=tag-photo
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Thanks for sharing that link…beautiful photos!
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Wow! Amazing.
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