Snow is dyed red like blood covering the Sahara desert

The Sahara sand dunes are covered in thick snow with patchy red streaks after the blizzard, creating a setting like the other world.

The red-tinged snow of sand covered the Sahara desert.(Photo: Daily Star).

People living in Ain Sefra town of Algeria experienced a heavy snowstorm, making the entire layer of red sand covered with white snow. Thick snow mixed with sand created long red streaks, like the battlefield scene after the bloody battle, Daily Star reported.

The town called "The gateway to the desert" has not snowed for nearly 40 years until snow reappeared in 2017. Photographers flock here to take pictures of locals exploring the scene. Unusually, some people even ski on sand dunes.

Typically, the temperature in the area reaches 37 degrees Celsius in the summer, but on February 5, the heat background is only -1.1 degrees Celsius. The plants in the desert buckle in cold conditions. Ain Sefra is located about 1,000 meters above sea level, surrounded by the Atlas range. Sahara Desert covers much of North Africa. The first time the snow fell here was February 18, 1979 but only lasted half an hour. The Sahara Desert is very dry today, but experts predict the land will turn green again in about 15,000 years due to the impact of world climate change.