Ice blanketed the dunes of Ain Sefra in Algeria in the unusual phenomenon in the largest hot desert in the world, where temperatures of 58C have been recorded.
Snow blankets Saudi Arabia and Algeria as temperatures plummet
A man walks along a path following heavy snowfall in the village of Medea, 100km south of Algiers, on February 14, 2012 [FAROUK BATICHE/AFP via Getty Images] January 19, 2021 at 3:33 pm
Snow fell in Saudi Arabia and Algeria at the weekend as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. Residents of the southern Aseer region in the Kingdom also saw an extremely rare snowfall on Thursday when temperatures dropped as low as minus 2
o Celsius in the mountainous region, the lowest recorded level in half a century.
Local residents and foreigners rushed to the area to see the snow-covered desert and surrounding hills, reported
What IS going on with the world s weather? Ice blankets the Sahara desert while snow falls in Saudi Arabia where temperature has dropped to -2C
The desert town of Ain Sefra in Algeria was blanketed with snow last Wednesday as temperatures hit -3C
Photographer Karim Bouchetata captured the unusual sight in stunning images of sheep on the sand dunes
Meanwhile residents of Saudi Arabia s Aseer region flocked to the desert to see the extremely rare snowfall
Half a century has passed since temperatures in the southwestern province dipped below freezing