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Snow is rare but not unprecedented in North Africa.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 13, 2018
Data acquired January 8, 2018

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Space Shuttle > SRTM