In the driest corner of South America’s Atacama Desert, decades can pass without any rain falling at all or just a single rainfall. These conditions mean that salt in the soil is highly concentrated and there is very little organic matter. But life survives here.
from Forbes Real Time https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2018/02/27/life-in-earths-driest-desert-shows-how-microbes-might-survive-on-mars/
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