NASA Satellites Document Snow Covering Atacama Volcanoes

Landsat 8, Landsat 9, and Terra satellites captured images of thick snow blanketing typically dry volcanic areas in the Atacama Desert during an August 2026 storm.

Theo Anand

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NASA satellites documented thick snow covering typically dry volcanic areas of the Atacama Desert during the August 2026 storm. ^[1]