The Atacama Desert in Chile contains weather stations that have never recorded a single drop of rain in more than a century of measurement, yet a thin fog called camanchaca rolls in from the Pacific o

Curiosities The Atacama Desert in Chile contains weather stations that have never recorded a single drop of rain in more than a century of measurement, yet a thin fog called camanchaca rolls in from the Pacific often enough that lichens and cacti pull moisture straight from the air In the driest desert on Earth, some weather stations have never recorded a drop of rain — yet lichens and cacti thrive by pulling water directly from a coastal fog called camanchaca.