The Sahara desert was blanketed with snow after rare winter storm – here are spectacular photos from space
While the event is not unprecedented, Nasa says it is quite uncommon.
By Immanuel Jotham
January 14, 2018 08:48 GMT
Snow descended on the Sahara, the world's largest desert, this winter. This is only the third time in 40 years this has happened, and images of this rare event were recently shared all over social media. Nasa's Earth Observatory (EO) has now also released more images of this event, but this time, they have been taken from space.
According to the EO report, snowfall was seen in the area near the Algerian town of Aïn Séfra, called the "gateway to the desert", which sits between the desert and the Atlas mountains. EO also mentioned that between 10 to 30cm of snowfall was recorded in the region, as reported by news outlets on 8 January. Warm temperatures, noted the report, melted away much of the snow within a day, but people in the region were seen sliding and playing in the snow, as per several social media sites.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sahara-desert-was-blanketed-snow-after-rare-winter-storm-here-are-spectacular-photos-space-1655085
