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Snow Falls In The Sahara For First Time In Over 37 Years

The Sahara Desert is the last place you’d expect to find snow. It is, after all, one of the driest and hottest regions of the world with an average temperature of 30C. But in a surreal turn of events to mark the end of an already surreal year, the small desert town of Ain Sefra in Algeria woke up yesterday to find that the red sand dunes had unexpectedly turned white.

The bizarre phenomenon was caught on camera by amateur photographer Karim Bouchetata. “Everyone was stunned to see snow falling in the dessert,” he said. “It is such a rare occurrence. It looked amazing as the snow settled on the sand and made a great set of photos. The snow stayed for about a day and has now melted away.” This is only the second time in living memory that snow has fallen on the Sahara. The first time was in February 1979, also in Algeria.

More info: Facebook | Geoff Robinson Photography

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Lena Nyberg 7 years ago

And no snow at all in Sweden. The World is upside down.

30points

Flavia Slag 7 years ago

My friend lives in Sweden, she has snow.

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Intensive Panda 7 years ago

this looks like caramel mountains with sugar powder on it

21points

rai mei 7 years ago

exactly! caramel sundae

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pearl dsouza 7 years ago

Desert or Dessert???? This could be a part of winter wonderland.

17points

Ana Super 7 years ago

hahahahah

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Luca Plas 7 years ago

I'm going to use 'snow on the sahara' as an idiom for something everything thinks is impossible but happens anyway. Especially since it happened in the year Trump became president and Great Britain left the EU.

11points

Troux 7 years ago

Now Playing: Anggun - Snow on the Sahara

7points

Daria B 7 years ago

The day when the Sahara looked like caramel.

5points

Johhn3443234523 7 years ago

Caramel!

4points

olemann77 7 years ago

And im sitting here in Norway hoping to get some snow .... Things are not allright.

2points

Peter Gründler 7 years ago

Thank you for these wonderful Pictures! no snow in Vienna :-/

2points

Veronique Anketier 7 years ago

The last pictures make me think of cocoa poured over cream. Wait... why are we all fantasizing about food? :-D

2points

Hseed 7 years ago

Everyone is thinking in caramel and chocolate... Are you hungry or something? (closes the browser and reaches a box of chocolate)

2points

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

It's so rare to rain this time of the year, that snow almost never falls! When it does rain it's usually too hot. Negatives are actually common this time of the year: https://goo.gl/ZJ4SN2

2points

Paul Ihme 7 years ago

there is no climate change :D

2points

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

Rain is rare there, not cold temperatures in winter...

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Shari Mangus Morsli 7 years ago

My husband was born in Ain Sefra. I visited there this summer. It's got sand dunes but technically is not the desert. It's in the area where you start seeing sand but it isn't all sand.

1point

Victoria Wei 7 years ago

And yet, here in NC we don't have snow

1point

Samantha P 7 years ago

I haven't even had snow on the ground yet and I live in California!!!! What's the odds of that??

1point

Alexandru Guraliuc 7 years ago

Great !

1point

MagicalUnicorn 7 years ago

such a beautiful song

1point

Louise Vineeta 7 years ago

legit looks like caramel

1point

veronica vaudeville 7 years ago

It looks like powdered sugar on top of caramel

1point

Judy Neal 7 years ago

It looks so surreal. All credit to the photographer, they're stunning shots.

1point

RoBin Leslie Lee 7 years ago

Earth plates is shifting.

1point

Arty 7 years ago

sooo?

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Mi Do 6 years ago

where is this ? algeria ? it was last year

0points

OMER KHAN 7 years ago

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0points

Banana Pundae 7 years ago

Well you just wanna break everything 2016, well *pounces and ends. Well now 2017 is in jail so we have more of 2016 yay. I'm dead inside

0points

Ashley Dupont 7 years ago

how is that for global warming.

0points

Yunos Darby☯️ 7 years ago

It snows in Sahara but not in the Aland island

0points

Thor Sten 7 years ago

I bet Trump uses this to proof that there is no global warming

0points

tweetybird 7 years ago

this is so beautiful

0points

julien 7 years ago

I bet you that all the ignorant brainwashed global warming deniers love it. This exception proves the rule. by the way it freezes every night in the desert.

0points

Kenri Basar 7 years ago

I remember a song called "Snow on the Sahara" now...

0points

Digont Bodo 7 years ago

That means....polar already shifted

0points

Ana Super 7 years ago

everywhere is snowing only at my place isnt lol

0points

Randy Aliwarga 7 years ago

You should tune in to Anggun's "Snow on the Sahara" song. A really nice song

0points

Rhon 7 years ago

Beautiful 💙

0points

Ahmad Pujianto 7 years ago

Hi.. There has been a song for this few years ago.. Check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpj3ra3AeJk

0points

kristine monica ong 7 years ago

looks like a magma to me :)

0points

clara 7 years ago

f*****g global warming get your s**t tgt

0points

Cece 7 years ago

wow! Can I repost those photos to Chinese wechat?

0points

Byron X. 7 years ago

It will be amazing if there are any macro photos.

0points

Gabriella Lengyel 7 years ago

Amazing... could we expect a florishing sands soon? I'm making fun but the sight of snow in the Sahara is beautifull☃

0points

Mansyur Supriadi 7 years ago

Anggun - Snow on Sahara

0points

Gilcinei Leonel Pires 7 years ago

I never saw snow in my whole life, here in Brazil.

0points

Luke S. 7 years ago

Meanwhile, in California...

0points

Patti Mills 7 years ago

omg look what China did!!!!

0points

Si-Naron 7 years ago

Sunny day, -2 C (perceived +10) and no snow in Poland.... What's going wrong? I should move to Norway, Iceland where snow is falling per one half of year...

0points

Aline Fernandes 7 years ago

This pics remind me of a caramel sea, mmmm

0points

Joanna Ostrowska 7 years ago

looks stunning

0points

Janine 7 years ago

Great pictures tho.

0points

Vincent Jay 7 years ago

Global warming strikes again.

-1point

Rimsha Khalid 7 years ago

I'm sorry but this is fake how can it snow in the driest and hottest climate no way unbelievable 100%

-1point

Kjorn 7 years ago

it'll give some moist and/or water to the desert

-1point

Whovian Kid 7 years ago

Proof global warming is a myth

-1point

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

Freezing temperature this time are actually normal, it's just rain that isn't.

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Flavia Slag 7 years ago

What happened to Global warming?

-2points

Andrew Ramirez 7 years ago

Please refrain form commenting about how global warming is a "myth." It's not. The fact isn't even disputable.

-2points

Sick Boy 7 years ago

Makes "global warming" a little less "global" now, doesn't it?

-2points

Sam Spade 7 years ago

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Lena Nyberg 7 years ago

And no snow at all in Sweden. The World is upside down.

30points

Flavia Slag 7 years ago

My friend lives in Sweden, she has snow.

1point

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Intensive Panda 7 years ago

this looks like caramel mountains with sugar powder on it

21points

rai mei 7 years ago

exactly! caramel sundae

3points

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pearl dsouza 7 years ago

Desert or Dessert???? This could be a part of winter wonderland.

17points

Ana Super 7 years ago

hahahahah

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Luca Plas 7 years ago

11points

Troux 7 years ago

Now Playing: Anggun - Snow on the Sahara

7points

Daria B 7 years ago

The day when the Sahara looked like caramel.

5points

Johhn3443234523 7 years ago

Caramel!

4points

olemann77 7 years ago

And im sitting here in Norway hoping to get some snow .... Things are not allright.

2points

Peter Gründler 7 years ago

Thank you for these wonderful Pictures! no snow in Vienna :-/

2points

Veronique Anketier 7 years ago

The last pictures make me think of cocoa poured over cream. Wait... why are we all fantasizing about food? :-D

2points

Hseed 7 years ago

Everyone is thinking in caramel and chocolate... Are you hungry or something? (closes the browser and reaches a box of chocolate)

2points

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

It's so rare to rain this time of the year, that snow almost never falls! When it does rain it's usually too hot. Negatives are actually common this time of the year: https://goo.gl/ZJ4SN2

2points

Paul Ihme 7 years ago

there is no climate change :D

2points

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

Rain is rare there, not cold temperatures in winter...

2points

Load More Replies...

Shari Mangus Morsli 7 years ago

My husband was born in Ain Sefra. I visited there this summer. It's got sand dunes but technically is not the desert. It's in the area where you start seeing sand but it isn't all sand.

1point

Victoria Wei 7 years ago

And yet, here in NC we don't have snow

1point

Samantha P 7 years ago

I haven't even had snow on the ground yet and I live in California!!!! What's the odds of that??

1point

Alexandru Guraliuc 7 years ago

Great !

1point

MagicalUnicorn 7 years ago

such a beautiful song

1point

Louise Vineeta 7 years ago

legit looks like caramel

1point

veronica vaudeville 7 years ago

It looks like powdered sugar on top of caramel

1point

Judy Neal 7 years ago

It looks so surreal. All credit to the photographer, they're stunning shots.

1point

RoBin Leslie Lee 7 years ago

Earth plates is shifting.

1point

Arty 7 years ago

sooo?

0points

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Mi Do 6 years ago

where is this ? algeria ? it was last year

0points

OMER KHAN 7 years ago

One of the best and world famous site,Watch online dramas and your favourite programs on your favourite website www.thepinoytv.com pinoytv

0points

Banana Pundae 7 years ago

Well you just wanna break everything 2016, well *pounces and ends. Well now 2017 is in jail so we have more of 2016 yay. I'm dead inside

0points

Ashley Dupont 7 years ago

how is that for global warming.

0points

Yunos Darby☯️ 7 years ago

It snows in Sahara but not in the Aland island

0points

Thor Sten 7 years ago

I bet Trump uses this to proof that there is no global warming

0points

tweetybird 7 years ago

this is so beautiful

0points

julien 7 years ago

I bet you that all the ignorant brainwashed global warming deniers love it. This exception proves the rule. by the way it freezes every night in the desert.

0points

Kenri Basar 7 years ago

I remember a song called "Snow on the Sahara" now...

0points

Digont Bodo 7 years ago

That means....polar already shifted

0points

Ana Super 7 years ago

everywhere is snowing only at my place isnt lol

0points

Randy Aliwarga 7 years ago

You should tune in to Anggun's "Snow on the Sahara" song. A really nice song

0points

Rhon 7 years ago

Beautiful 💙

0points

Ahmad Pujianto 7 years ago

Hi.. There has been a song for this few years ago.. Check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpj3ra3AeJk

0points

kristine monica ong 7 years ago

looks like a magma to me :)

0points

clara 7 years ago

f*****g global warming get your s**t tgt

0points

Cece 7 years ago

wow! Can I repost those photos to Chinese wechat?

0points

Byron X. 7 years ago

It will be amazing if there are any macro photos.

0points

Gabriella Lengyel 7 years ago

Amazing... could we expect a florishing sands soon? I'm making fun but the sight of snow in the Sahara is beautifull☃

0points

Mansyur Supriadi 7 years ago

Anggun - Snow on Sahara

0points

Gilcinei Leonel Pires 7 years ago

I never saw snow in my whole life, here in Brazil.

0points

Luke S. 7 years ago

Meanwhile, in California...

0points

Patti Mills 7 years ago

omg look what China did!!!!

0points

Si-Naron 7 years ago

Sunny day, -2 C (perceived +10) and no snow in Poland.... What's going wrong? I should move to Norway, Iceland where snow is falling per one half of year...

0points

Aline Fernandes 7 years ago

This pics remind me of a caramel sea, mmmm

0points

Joanna Ostrowska 7 years ago

looks stunning

0points

Janine 7 years ago

Great pictures tho.

0points

Vincent Jay 7 years ago

Global warming strikes again.

-1point

Rimsha Khalid 7 years ago

I'm sorry but this is fake how can it snow in the driest and hottest climate no way unbelievable 100%

-1point

Kjorn 7 years ago

it'll give some moist and/or water to the desert

-1point

Whovian Kid 7 years ago

Proof global warming is a myth

-1point

Nuno Barros 7 years ago

Freezing temperature this time are actually normal, it's just rain that isn't.

2points

Load More Replies...

Flavia Slag 7 years ago

What happened to Global warming?

-2points

Andrew Ramirez 7 years ago

Please refrain form commenting about how global warming is a "myth." It's not. The fact isn't even disputable.

-2points

Sick Boy 7 years ago

Makes "global warming" a little less "global" now, doesn't it?

-2points

Sam Spade 7 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

Sam Spade 7 years ago

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