Peru bores through Andes to water desert

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3. Interesting

Is this part of the Atacama? It has been millions of years since much of that desert saw its last rain, not since Antarctica separated from South America and changed ocean currents and weather patterns along with them.

The soil there should be amazing. I know in my patch of US desert, once you add water out here, the yields are astonishing. The problem is the water. Once you have that, it's a lot easier than it was coaxing veg out of glacial moraine back in New England.