In North Central Chile, near the Fray Jorge National Park, there is mainly desert. This area receives around six inches of rainfall in an entire year. If one travels up the mountain, you will find patches of rainforests in this Pacific Ocean. Some patches of rainforest are as large as 30 acres. There are ferns, mosses, and bromeliads surrounding the canopies of trees that can reach as high as 100 feet. Often, one would think it is raining from the sky in this forest, but in fact it is just water dripping from the top of the tree. These trees take moisture out of fog in the air. In order for these trees to live in such a dry climate, they had to adapt to this way of obtaining fluid. The trees gain 3/4 of their water from this fog. Not only do these trees drink water from the fog, but they eat it too. Many scientists agree that this is a strange but interesting process.
                                                                          
                                                                          Information obtained at www.discovermagazine.com and pictures obtained at www.discovermagazine.com and www.gochile.cl