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Snow in the Sahara: World’s Hottest Desert
SNOW in the SAHARA: World’s hottest desert
SNOW in the SAHARA: World’s hottest desert covered in metre thick BLANKET of white
THE red sand of the Sahara has turned white after snow fell on the desert for the second time in a matter of weeks.
The cold snap gripping most of Europe has spread south to the 9.4million square kilometre African desert.
A blanket of freezing snow has settled on the dunes up to a metre thick in some places.
Astonishing photos that emerged today from the town of Ain Safra, known as the ‘gateway to the desert’, show scenes reminiscent of a mountain range.
It comes just weeks after snow hit the Sahara for the first time in 37 years.
The town received a light dusting before Christmas, but now waist-deep snow has been reported in some areas.
Children have been tobogganing in the thick snow and enjoying other wintery activities such as building snowman following the rare snowfall.
