For The First Time Since 1979, The Sahara Desert Witnesses Snow Fall, Which Seems Just Beautiful
It may be sounding impossible to see snow falling in a desert, but it’s not. The Sahara Desert, which is the biggest hot desert around the world (yes, Arctic and Antartica are counted as deserts) doesn’t receive much rain, rather it’s large, hot and dry. The Sahara Desert occupies a place above 3 million square miles in the north of Africa.
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Even if it’s few, the desert receives rain. As for the snow, that’s an unheard thing. An amateur photographer visiting the area was lucky enough to capture snowfall in the Sahara, a city called Ain Sefra in Algeria. The residents have seen the region in white colour due to dust covering the area as a white powder. The area witnessed the snowfall back in 1979, but there are other reports of dusting belonging to 2005 and 2012, in somewhere else around Sahara
Other than these rare conditions, one can’t find any proof showing a major snow in this region. Although high-altitude of Sahara mountain may be receiving snow once a while.
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Karim Bouchetata, the photographer said that snowy scenery lasted for over a day and then suddenly melted away. Luckily, there are stunning photographs left as evidence for an incident that may not happen for a long time or ever again as seeing snow in Sahara is a very fascinating coincidence which combines different weather conditions together.
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A professor of climate history, Steven Stoll, said that witnessing a cold day in Sahara is not as dangerous as a hot weather in December. He also added that the heat increase may cause cooling in some places such as Sahara case. Even if it’s a random case, we’re lucky to see.
