(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.

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 striking image taken from the International Space Station reveals the Erg Chebbi dunes in southeastern Morocco, part of the ...

The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate.

In Morocco’s southeastern desert, a rare downpour has brought lakes and ponds back to life, with locals — and tourists — hailing it as a gift from the heavens. In Merzouga, an attractive tourist town ...

(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. The ...