A type of Desert that has a lot of fog
To have fog an area must have a relative humidity of about 100%. This happens more frequently along the coast and rarely in the desert.
Plants in a fog desert, like the Atacama Desert in Chile, are adapted to utilize the moisture from coastal fogs. These deserts can support unique plant species such as cacti, succulents, and xerophytes that are able to thrive in low-water environments and rely on fog as a water source. Examples include the Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria) and certain species of cacti like Copiapoa cinerea.
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to catch the fog
Putting water in a fog machine can damage it or cause it to malfunction. Fog machines are designed to work with fog fluid, which is a specific type of liquid that gets vaporized to produce fog. Water may not produce the desired fog effect and can clog the machine's components. Always use the recommended fog fluid for your fog machine.
The Atacama Desert gets its water from fog caught on nets.
To have fog an area must have a relative humidity of about 100%. This happens more frequently along the coast and rarely in the desert.
Plants in a fog desert, like the Atacama Desert in Chile, are adapted to utilize the moisture from coastal fogs. These deserts can support unique plant species such as cacti, succulents, and xerophytes that are able to thrive in low-water environments and rely on fog as a water source. Examples include the Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria) and certain species of cacti like Copiapoa cinerea.
Cacti can not grow in most areas of the desert. However, there are a few areas that receive dense fog off of the Pacific Ocean and the condensation from this fog allows cacti to grow in these areas.
To experience fog an area has to have a relative humidity of near or at 100%. The temperatures must be at or near the dew point. Deserts rarely have the humidity levels needed to produce fog.
The air in the desert is usually quite dry and the temperature rarely falls to the dew point at night.
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In some areas of the Atacama that receive dense fog from the Pacific Ocean, they have conducted experiments with equipment that can condense liquid water from fog with some success.
one is hot, the other has life-sustaining fog.
Clouds mean water, and deserts have virtually no water.
to catch the fog
Fresh water is available in a few oases found in the desert and also from very sparse rainfall and, in some areas near the coast, dense fog. There are rivers and streams in the Atacama but they rarely have any water. In some parts of the desert there are salares, salt lakes, but the water has such a high salt content that it cannot be used for drinking or irrigation.