(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show ... As the rain flowed over the desert terrain, it created a new, watery landscape amid the palm trees and scrubby flora.

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 driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.

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Water Gushes Through Palm Trees and Sand Dunes After Rare Rain in the Sahara Desert RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes ...

Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of plant life popping up all over the Sahara Desert after an extratropical ... The plants include shrubs and trees in low-lying areas, like riverbeds ...

April 4 (Reuters) - The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to ...

(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched ... As the rain flowed over the desert terrain, it created a new, watery landscape amid the palm trees and scrubby flora. Some of ...

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 ...