The sand of the Sahara desert covers the slopes of the Pyrenees in brown

Their and the others do not leave their astonishment, they cannot believe in the natural spectacle which they are witnesses. Those who are currently visiting areas like Catalonia, Aragon, the Pyrenees or the Principality of Andorra are very likely to find a landscape closer to that of a beach The a desert as one of the most coveted ski slopes. A thin, but noticeable a coat of dust arrived north of Spain from the Sahara.

The rains, on the one hand; and the presence of the southerly wind, on the other hand, made it look like different parts of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Aragon, the Valencian Community, the Principality of Andorra, the south of France and even from Switzerland to the Sahara Desert.

Without distinction, the phenomenon has reached both mountainous and urban areas. You can see the streets and vehicles covered with dust and the regions of the Pyrenees, which in the boreal winter would be covered with white snow, now brown tones predominate.

Baqueira Beret made a desert

For this time of year, in Baqueira Beret, the usual thing is to see and enjoy the white snow. However, the mountains present this time a somewhat changed appearance, typical of other latitudes.

The dust rains of the Sahara Desert are, of course, rare. February’s rainfall is one of the heaviest and most spectacular in 30 years, experts say.

And as exceptional as it is, it won’t last long either. It is expected that as the flow of rain is sustained, little by little the brownish color of the snow will disappear, the mountains will be cleaned up and everything will be an anecdote from the beginning of 2021.

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