Sahara Desert sees a surprising burst of greenery, NASA shares stunning images | Watch

Some regions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya—which barely receive a few inches of rain per year—now show traces of green after an extratropical cyclone drenched parts of northwestern Sahara on September 7 and 8. The cyclone drenched large, treeless swaths of the region.

Sahara Desert sees a surprising burst of greenery, NASA shares stunning images | Watch
Some regions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya—which barely receive a few inches of rain per year—now show traces of green after an extratropical cyclone drenched parts of northwestern Sahara on September 7 and 8. The cyclone drenched large, treeless swaths of the region.