Erg Chebbi Desert is located on the far western edge of the Sahara Desert in Morocco, evoking the desolate planet of Arrakis from "Dune." Initially inhabited by the Berber people who lived among ...

I brought some Sahara sand home and have it in a perfume bottle on my desk to remind me of my short time among the dunes. It’s the desert base camp to which I wish to return in Morocco.

The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. ... A NASA false-color satellite image shows parts of the Sahara Desert in Morocco and Algeria on August 14, 2024.

An extreme onslaught of rain in Morocco — about a year’s worth in two days — brought desperately needed water to some of the Sahara desert’s more arid regions, the Associated Press reported.

Palm trees are flooded in a lake caused by heavy rainfall in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo) Uncredited/Associated Press ...

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 ...

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

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 ...