SEE IT: Snow blankets the Sahara Desert in ‘stunning patterns’

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Snow covered the sands of Ain Sefra, an Algerian town in the Sahara Desert, for only the fifth time in 42 years.

The sands of the large desert were blanketed in snow Monday after the weather fell below freezing in an area that has recorded temperatures reaching 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a Daily Mail report.

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