Parts of the Sahara Desert in Ain Sefra, Algeria, was covered in a layer of frost on December 29, as the region witnessed ...

One of the world’s driest places got a frosty makeover. Check out how the Sahara desert dunes were streaked with ice and why ...

Some of the world's tallest sand dunes are located in the Sahara Desert. These dunes typically feature multiple ridges spreading out like the arms or tips of a star. Despite their prominence ...

The desert is famously unforgiving, with daytime temperatures reaching up to 58C, while nighttime temperatures can plummet to ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

Mid-January saw snowfall in the Sahara Desert in northwestern Algeria as overnight temperatures plummeted to below freezing, leaving these sand dunes near the town of Aïn Séfra partially covered ...

Parts of the Sahara Desert in Ain Sefra, Algeria, was covered in a layer of frost on December 29, as the region witnessed freezing temperatures. Footage captured by Karim Bouchetata shows the icy ...

Bechir Belhad sits on Saharan sand dunes. They can live their whole lives ... In fact, in the whole world, they can be found only in the Sahara. Their cunning is legendary, and their huge ears ...

The dunes of the Sahara were whitened by a layer of snow on New Year’s Day, video from Ain Sefra in north Algeria shows.Video here was provided by Karim Bouchetata, and shows snow falling as well as ...

a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight. On New Year's Day, Algerian photographer Karim Bouchetata captured video of snowflakes ...