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Cacti are surprisingly fragile, and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders
Meanwhile, cacti flowers, fruits and water-filled tissues provide food and hydration to desert animals. Some woodpeckers ...
The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
A rare deluge of rain has created new lakes in the rolling sand dunes of parts of the Sahara, one of the driest places on Earth.
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Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert
Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days. Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a ...
A Lake Materializes in the Sahara Desert, Offering a Glimpse Into Africa’s Past
The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate.
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The World’s Most Instagrammable Deserts
The Sahara is the world’s most popular desert on Instagram, a new study has found. The travel experts at Abu Dhabi Tours from Dubai analysed Instagram posts with hashtags related to 60 deserts ...
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The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades.