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Gray Fox
Photo: Gray fox in front of columnar cacti
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Lush fur and watchful eyes help this gray fox survive in the harsh, often cold climate of Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth. Parts of this desert see rain about once every 10 years.
Photograph by Joel Sartore

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