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In the Atacama Desert of Chile, there are weather stations that have never recorded a single drop of rain in more than a century of operation, and yet a fog rolling in from the Pacific twice a week feeds lichens, cacti, and a fishing village that has drunk nothing el - Space Daily

Published by Space Daily 16 August 2026 at 10:57
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In the Atacama Desert of Chile, there are weather stations that have never recorded a single drop of rain in more than a century of operation, and yet a fog rolling in from the Pacific twice a week feeds lichens, cacti, and a fishing village that has drunk nothing el - Space Daily
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Where it never rains, fog from the Pacific sustains an entire ecosystem—and has kept a village alive for three centuries without a single drop of conventional water.

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