The most intense sunlight on Earth can be found in the Atacama Desert
Sunlight in the South American desert can occasionally rival the solar intensity on Venus
![A photo of Lejía Lake with the volcanoes Aguas Calientes and Acamarachi in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/072123_kk_solar_radiation_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The volcanoes Aguas Calientes and Acamarachi loom over Lejía Lake, a salt lake on the high-altitude Altiplano plateau in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
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