Located in the north of Chile, the Atacama Desert stretches between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountain range in the form of several deserts: coastal desert, absolute desert, tropical desert scrub, and Andean desert scrub. In it one of the most beautiful and surprising phenomena occurs: a flowering desert. What kind of plants can exist in one of the driest places in the world? How do they manage to live in the desert? How do they adapt to its aridity? Using these and other questions, this book invites us to discover the different plant species that grow in this hot desert. For those who travel to the Atacama Desert, this work also works as a guide, providing useful information on where to go, what sources to consult and, most importantly, how to read the landscape of one of the most spectacular natural areas in the world.