Algerian Sahara desert town dusted with snow

Ice are seen on the sand dunes outside the Algerian desert town of Ain Sefra, in this still image made from a January 13, 2021 social media video. (Karim Bouchetata via Reuters)

CAIRO: Temperatures have fallen in the Sahara desert to as low as -3C, leaving sand dunes in one Algerian town dusted with snow. 
This drop in temperature allowed the town of Ain Sefra to experience snow for only the fourth time in 42 years. The other three times were in 1979, 2017, and 2018. In 2017, a blizzard dumped snow up to a meter deep in Ain Sefra.
Photographer Karim Bouchetata posted dramatic images and video of the unique weather in the remote town.
Ain Sefra is located in the Atlas Mountains, 1,000 meters above sea level and is known as “the gateway to the desert.” 
It lies in the Naama province of Algeria in the northern part of the Sahara, near to the Moroccan border.