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Extremely Rare Snowfall Blankets The Sand Dunes Of The Sahara

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 10 2018, @04:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the get-your-snowboards-out dept.

"MrPlow" writes:

Submitted via IRC for cmn32480

The Sahara Desert is famously hot, dry, generally inhospitable and covered in sand as far as the eye can see. It's a little bit more diverse than that in reality, however, with lush green segments dotted along the Nile Valley and scattered in the margins surrounding an extremely arid heart – and, yes, precipitation does fall across the region several times per year.

Snowfall on the sand dunes of the Sahara, however, is a little unexpected.

Source: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/extremely-rare-snowfall-blankets-sand-dunes-sahara/

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 10 2018, @08:55AM (1 child)

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  • (Score: 2) by Entropy on Wednesday January 10 2018, @09:08PM

    by Entropy (4228) on Wednesday January 10 2018, @09:08PM (#620627)

    Well not both..