While the Sahara Desert and Death Valley have great reputations for being dry, The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. It receives less than 1 mm of precipitation each year, and some areas haven’t seen a drop of rain in more than 500 years, i.e., there’s never been a single drop of rain in those places since record keeping began.The Atacama Desert is in Chile, and if my source article linked below doesn’t make you want to go there, nothing will.
While the Sahara Desert and Death Valley have great reputations for being dry, The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. It receives less than 1 mm of precipitation each year, and some areas haven’t seen a drop of rain in more than 500 years, i.e., there’s never been a single drop of rain in those places since record keeping began.The Atacama Desert is in Chile, and if my source article linked below doesn’t make you want to go there, nothing will.
https://www.sevencorners.com/blog/destinations/the-driest-desert-in-the-world#:~:text=The%20Atacama%20is%20the%20driest,in%20more%20than%20500%20years.