The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color image (right) of the resulting runoff and floodwater on September 10, 2024. The image on the left shows the same area on August 14, before the storm.

Oct 14, 2024 · NASA satellite images from the region, using false color to better highlight the floodwaters, show newly-formed lakes across swaths of the northwest Sahara.

Sep 13, 2024 · A Deluge for the Sahara. An extratropical storm system dropped torrential rains on parts of Morocco and Algeria.

Oct 23, 2024 · But shocking before and after images show exactly what happened when the Sahara Desert was struck by its biggest deluge for decades. The images were captured by NASA 's Landsat 9 - an Earth...

Sep 16, 2024 · Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison. An extratropical storm system dropped torrential rains on parts of Morocco and Algeria. View the full story.

Oct 22, 2024 · Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa that drenched swathes of the largest hot desert on Earth, satellite images show.

NASA’s satellite images also showed water from the historic rainfall rushing in to fill Lake Iriqui, a famous lakebed between Zagora and Tata, that had been one of the driest desertlands for ...

Oct 14, 2024 · NASA satellite images from the region, using false color to better highlight the floodwaters, show newly-formed lakes across swaths of the northwest Sahara.

Oct 15, 2024 · (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.

Oct 11, 2024 · Each Terra MODIS image can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding date under the images. In the top image, acquired October 9, several small lakes dot the dry desert landscape across part of Morocco (west) and Algeria (east).