Without a doubt one of the most magical places on Earth: the Sahara Desert.
Without a doubt one of the most magical places on Earth: the Sahara Desert.
The Sahara desert is next. We rode ATVs and camels and then drove to our camp in the middle of Jebil National Park for the sunset and delicious sand bread.
New Year, New Stories – Audio Signals Podcast is Back and it is all about storytelling!
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After a packed 2024 filled with incredible conversations, I took a short break in January to recharge. But now, it’s time to dive back into a year that’s already shaping up to be even bigger, bolder, and filled with extraordinary #stories and #storytellers.
And what better way to kick off 2025 than with a story that embodies everything this podcast is about—pushing limits, embracing adventure, and redefining what’s possible through amazing shared stories!
Meet Karen Meades—a woman who didn’t just challenge herself; she ran straight into the most extreme environments on the planet. From crossing the #Amazon jungle, to enduring the brutal #SaharaDesert, to racing through #Antarctica, Karen has taken on #ultramarathons that test not just the body, but the very essence of human #resilience.
She wasn’t always an endurance athlete. In fact, she never even thought of herself as one. But a single decision—to run a local 5K—set her on a path that changed everything. Step by step, challenge by challenge, she discovered what she was truly capable of.
But then life threw a different kind of obstacle in her way. One that forced her to rethink adventure and discover a new way to live without limits.
Her story is captured in My Limitless Life, a #book co-written with Barry Finlay, who helped bring her journey to life in a book that is as inspiring as it is breathtaking. In this episode, we explore: What drives someone to take on seemingly impossible feats
How adventure and #storytelling intersect
Why limits are often self-imposed
What happens when life forces you to redefine them
Watch the teaser video: https://youtu.be/gAIl85p-pCE
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2025 is going to be a year of amazing stories, and this is just the beginning. Join me on Audio Signals and let’s celebrate the storytellers who make them happen.
Enjoy, share, and be awesome! :)
Ancient Art of Tassili n’Ajjer: 12,000-Year-Old Window into Sahara’s Past
<p>Discover the ancient cave paintings of Tassili n’Ajjer in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring over 15,000 prehistoric artworks. These stunning engravings and drawings, dating back 12,000 years, reveal insights into early human life, climate change, and the region’s once-lush environment. Explore this lunar-like landscape of sandstone formations and humanity’s enduring creativity.</p>
Sahara desert (9.2m km sq) rivals continental USA for size… your move, Uncle Samistan #UncleSamistan #SaharaDesert https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/113526708897542809
#space #satellite #SaharaDesert
Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert...
https://www.space.com/sahara-lakes-appear-after-rain-soaks-desert-before-after-images
Water For A Desert Lake In Algeria [NASA Earth Observatory, September 29th 2024]
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153475/water-for-a-desert-lake-in-algeria <-- shared technical link
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https://www.space.com/sahara-lakes-appear-after-rain-soaks-desert-before-after-images <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #extratropical #cyclones #remotesensing #imagery #satellite #extremeweather #SebkhaelMelah #algeria #climatechange #water #hydrology #lake #flood #flooding #sahara #desert #landsat #landsat9 #OLI2 #wadi #arid #icesat2 #SaharaDesert #IMERG #ERA5 #weather #spatialanalysis # meteorology #orographiclift
#NASA #USGS
#climatechange #saharadesert #rain #floods
#nasa
More effects of climate change, in this case it rained in the Sahara Desert!!
“ 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.”
“ Preliminary NASA satellite data showed nearly 8 inches of rain in some parts of the region.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/14/weather/sahara-desert-floods-climate/index.html?cid=ios_app
️സഹാറ മരുഭൂമിയിൽ അപ്രതീക്ഷിത പ്രളയം: അരനൂറ്റാണ്ടിനിടെ ആദ്യമായി ഇരിഖി തടാകം നിറഞ്ഞു
Read full story: https://nivadaily.com/sahara-desert-flood-unexpected-rain-fills-dry-lake-after-50-years/
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Two days of rainfall in #September exceeded yearly averages in several areas of south-east #Morocco and caused a deluge, officials of the country’s meteorology agency said in early October. In #Tagounite, a village about 450km(280 miles) south of the capital, #Rabat, more than 100mm (3.9 inches) was recorded in a 24-hour period. #SaharaDesert #ClimateChange
Dramatic images show the first floods in the #Sahara in half a century
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/11/dramatic-images-show-the-first-floods-in-the-sahara-in-half-a-century
Our #Climate Is So Screwed Up, It Rained in the #SaharaDesert
Story by Maggie Harrison Dupré
October 10, 2024
Darude Rainstorm
"How messed up is planet Earth's climate? It's rain-in-the-Sahara-level messed up, apparently.
"As The Associated Press reports, a region of the Sahara Desert in southeastern #Morocco last month experienced a surprise deluge of #rainstorms, which has transformed some parts of the arid North African landscape into lake-filled oases.
"Rain is exceptionally uncommon in the Sahara, which is one of the driest places on the planet. It's especially uncommon during the late summer season.
"Per the AP, the Moroccan government reported that just two days of rain in September surpassed annual averages in areas that usually get less than ten inches of rain per year. One town called #Tagounite got nearly four inches in one day — an eye-popping amount of water for the drought-stricken region.
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"According to the AP, Youabeb, and others are predicting that the unforeseen storms are likely to significantly alter the area's climate in the long term. That's because such a significant amount of rainfall in such a short period will add a consequential amount of water to the surrounding atmosphere."
There has even been flooding in the #Sahara due to #DrenchingRains!
"An extremely rare deluge of rain has left some parts of the Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in half a century."