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The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, after a low pressure system pushed across northwestern Sahara. Preliminary NASA satellite data ...
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The Sahara Desert Flooded For The First Time In Decades After Receiving More Rain In Two Days Than Normally Seen In A Year
The Sahara Desert is one ... temporarily transformed the desert terrain, covering sandy dunes and creating a new watery ...
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Satellite images of Sahara’s first snowfall in 37 years are absolutely mesmerizing
The Sahara desert is a scorching ... and it even covers the northern end of the desert near the Moroccan-Algerian border town of Ain Safra. This satellite image shows a comparison with previous ...
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Snowfall was recorded in the Sahara Desert for the first time in 37 years - and the satellite imagery is gorgeous
It snowed on December 19 in the Sahara Desert, and NASA's Landsat 7 satellite was there (or rather, hundreds of miles overhead) to see it. The photo comes from Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper ...
Sahara Desert Dust Crosses Mediterranean Sea
Satellite imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) showed desert dust moving north across the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, February 3.“A plume of dust from the ...
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Earth from space: Massive field of ancient lava casts an eerie, gold-specked shadow in the Sahara
fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years looks like an eerie, gold-speckled shadow in this stunning composite of three years' worth of satellite photos.
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Rare floods in the Sahara desert
In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...