Teh One Who Knocks
01-23-2017, 01:16 PM
Simon Robb for Metro.co.uk
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The Sahara desert has experienced the biggest snowfall in living memory after a freak winter storm.
The red sand dunes of Ain Sefra were blaketed in one metre deep snow yesterday.
And the pictures are breathtaking.
The world’s hottest desert saw its first sprinkling in 37 years just before Christmas.
But the snow has been falling steadily and is now waist deep in some parts.
Despite the blast of frost causing transport to come to a standstill, children have been making the most of it by building snowmen and sledding down the sand dunes.
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Photographer Sekkouri Kamel, 38, said: ‘It started snowing at around 1.30am this morning and is now one metre deep in some places. It’s absolutely incredible to have so much snow.’
Apart from the sprinkling before Christmas, snow was last seen in Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979, when the snow storm lasted just half an hour.
The area, known as ‘The Gateway to the Desert’ is around 1000 metres above sea level and surrounded by the Atlas Mountains.
http://i.imgur.com/u3WqNsVl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yCdgHVk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/huIydNEh.jpg
The Sahara desert has experienced the biggest snowfall in living memory after a freak winter storm.
The red sand dunes of Ain Sefra were blaketed in one metre deep snow yesterday.
And the pictures are breathtaking.
The world’s hottest desert saw its first sprinkling in 37 years just before Christmas.
But the snow has been falling steadily and is now waist deep in some parts.
Despite the blast of frost causing transport to come to a standstill, children have been making the most of it by building snowmen and sledding down the sand dunes.
http://i.imgur.com/RDSFxW5l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uPaQjHOl.jpg
Photographer Sekkouri Kamel, 38, said: ‘It started snowing at around 1.30am this morning and is now one metre deep in some places. It’s absolutely incredible to have so much snow.’
Apart from the sprinkling before Christmas, snow was last seen in Ain Sefra on February 18, 1979, when the snow storm lasted just half an hour.
The area, known as ‘The Gateway to the Desert’ is around 1000 metres above sea level and surrounded by the Atlas Mountains.
http://i.imgur.com/u3WqNsVl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yCdgHVk.jpg