V iewed from space, the western edge of the Sahara Desert looks like another world. Its abundance of red-tinged sand turns into a sea of dunes that ebb and flow with the wind, unabated by foliage ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.

A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, October. 2, 2024. The rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of ...

THERE’S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it’s one of the most beautiful places to go on holiday,… ...

The Sahara Desert in southeastern Morocco has experienced a rare deluge of rainfall, transforming it into a blue lagoon. This has brought relief to drought-stricken areas, recharging groundwater ...

A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.

Algeria, Africa’s largest country, is throwing its doors open to record numbers of visitors. Roman ruins and trekking through the Sahara desert to a gigantic “open-air museum” filled with ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more ...

The Sahara does experience rain, but usually just a few inches a year and rarely in late summer. Over two days in September, however, intense rain fell in parts of the desert in southeast Morocco, ...