{"id":43655,"date":"2022-01-22T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=43655"},"modified":"2022-01-22T13:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:26:22","slug":"rare-snow-in-the-sahara-yields-surreal-visuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/rare-snow-in-the-sahara-yields-surreal-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Snow in the Sahara Yields Surreal Visuals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turns out the sun, sand, and snow cohere to make quite the visual treat.<\/p>\n

Snow fell in Ain Sefra, Algeria this week for just the fifth time in 42 years. The small desert city (whose name translates as \u201cYellow Spring\u201d) sits at the foot of the Atlas Mountains at the northwest border of the Sahara.<\/p>\n

\"snow<\/p>\n

Photo: Malcolm Kirk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Winter overnight temperatures in the city commonly approach freezing, but less typically break the barrier. Even rarer do those freezes coincide with precipitation. But as the mercury hit -2\u00b0C on January 17, the flakes started to fall on the \u201cGateway to the Sahara<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enchanting panoramas resulted.<\/p>\n

\"ain<\/p>\n

Photo: Trevlyn Lezama<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Notably, the phenomenon has occurred more frequently in recent years. Observers recorded snow in Algeria in 1979, 2016, 2018, and 2021, according to\u00a0SnowBrains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year, the area has received dustings throughout the month of January.<\/p>\n

\"ain<\/p>\n

A photo dated January 6, near Mekala, Algeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Atlas Mountains cover 2,500km from Morocco in the west to Tunisia in the east. The range separates the Sahara from the Mediterranean, topping out at the snow-capped 4,167m Toubkal in Morocco. Historically,\u00a0the Berbers<\/a>\u00a0are the range\u2019s most prolific human inhabitants, dating back to around 3,000 BC.<\/p>\n

\"ain<\/p>\n

Snow outside Ain Sefra, Algeria. Photo: Geoff Robinson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ain Sefra perches low among the peaks at 1,000m above sea level. Its climate tends to be relatively temperate, but highly arid. Average January temperatures range from 12\u00b0C to 0\u00b0C, but the city averages just 169mm of precipitation each year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Photo: Mustapha Chagos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source : https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/sahara-desert-algeria-snow-ain-sefra\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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