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Looks pretty cool. No pun intended.
Photographer Karim Bouchetata takes in the surreal, icy landscape around him. (Image credit: Karim Bouchetata)
"On Tuesday (Jan. 19), one of the world's driest places awoke to an otherworldly dusting of frost.
In the Sahara Desert of northwestern Algeria, just outside the town of Ain Sefra, sand dunes were streaked with ice crystals as far as the eye could see. Local photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the unusual weather in pictures and videos that have since made headlines around the world.
Tuesday's dusting marks the fourth time in 42 years that Ain Sefra has seen snow, with previous occurrences in 1979, 2016 and 2018.
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, stretching more than 3.3 million square miles (8.6 million square kilometers) across northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea..."
Continued - Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years

Photographer Karim Bouchetata takes in the surreal, icy landscape around him. (Image credit: Karim Bouchetata)
"On Tuesday (Jan. 19), one of the world's driest places awoke to an otherworldly dusting of frost.
In the Sahara Desert of northwestern Algeria, just outside the town of Ain Sefra, sand dunes were streaked with ice crystals as far as the eye could see. Local photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the unusual weather in pictures and videos that have since made headlines around the world.
Tuesday's dusting marks the fourth time in 42 years that Ain Sefra has seen snow, with previous occurrences in 1979, 2016 and 2018.
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, stretching more than 3.3 million square miles (8.6 million square kilometers) across northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea..."
Continued - Ice covers the Sahara Desert for just 4th time in 50 years