Aïn Séfra a town in the edge of the Sahara desert received some snow fall last week, quite a rare occurrence in the Sahara. Aïn Séfra a town in the edge of the Sahara desert received some snow fall last week, quite a rare occurrence in the Sahara. Two years ago, snow settled for around a day, and the town saw snowfall again last year and possibly many more times. One local resident told the publication that this is the fifth time the desert is seeing snow. The Sahara is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 11, 2018 06:22 UTC