The Sahara: Earth’s Greatest Desert

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[pikmaniac]

I love that Antarctica's... existence... requires Simon to specify the Sahara is the largest *nonpolar* desert on Earth.

[Usagi]

The desert so huge, they had to name it “Desert Desert.”

[mhmd.]

In Arabic, it's actually called "الصحراء الكبرى" which means "The Great Desert", it's kinda funny that English took the "Desert "part of the name and not the "Great" so now it's "The Desert Desert"

[laquica]

I live in Texas and every summer the Saharan dust makes the sun have a dust halo and it causes a lot of breathing issues. The local news reports on it daily. It sometimes mixes with hurricanes as they move toward the costal USA. Thank you, Simon! You’re channels are top quality

[jamesleonard]

Being a goat farmer myself, I completely believe the little critters ruined the Sahara.
Goats: destroyers of worlds

[DCGdesign]

Casually today a huge sandstorm has started here, in the Canary islands.

[semaj_]

Saharan dust feeding growth in the Amazon rainforest is one of my favorite things about our planet. It shows just how interconnected every single thing on this Earth is, and just how much the health of each ecosystem depends not only on its surroundings, but in the rest of the world as well. Great video guys!

[sailorbychoice]

18:00 As a former navy sailor I have to say the amount of dust blown far far out to see is amazing to witness, so much more than you'd think, and the reason there are a daily sweepings of the ship top and bottom, we used hold sweepers before we went to breakfast, then again before knocking off work for the day: easily ten pounds of dirt each sweeping for a medium sized war ship.
_"Sweepers sweepers man your brooms and give the ship a clean sweep down both fore and aft, sweep all lower decks, ladder wells, and passageways. Now, Sweepers. Dump all trash, clear the stern."_

[QueenetBowie]

“To our American viewers who still think in Fahrenheit, just imagine going from a damned cold winters day in Toronto to a damned hot summers day in Death Valley.”

Me as an American, “What’s a Toronto?”

[petecampbell]

If Simon was lost in the desert his shiny head would transmit a rescue signal

[L.J.Kommer]

Simon- The effects of Sarharan dust is one of the coolest things we've ever covered...
Me- I don't believe you.
Simon- *explains
Me- Holy shit.

[phranerphamily]

The best episode I've watched yet also I could listen to you talk about forgotten civilizations all day so please tell me more.

[maldegaar]

When I lived in Cairo the sky turned red. It was amazing but if I had lived in Ancient times it would have been terrifying.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Toto: I bless the rains down in Africa!
The Sahara: Am I a joke to you

[eastfrisianguy]

Really amazing! I was already in the Sahara and have seen only an extremely small part of it in southern Tunisia and I was thrilled! Last week my mother sent me photos from southern Germany - red desert dust from the Sahara can, in rare weather constellations, ensure that we get Sahara dust even as far as northern Germany. Her car was covered with a fine layer and the sky was glowing red especially at sunset!

[AnnoyingNewslettersPage]

I haven't watched any of Simon's videos in a few months, I come back and his beard is so much more magnificent than it used to be.

[tototakto]

The dust from Sahara annually drops all over Europe as well, leaving our cars covered with a thin layer of fine dust few times a year each year.

[Tom-efmz]

Ah yes, Death Valley. That feeling when you open the oven, and the door shuts behind you.

[frtzkng]

Fun fact, most of these images you see when googling "desert", sometimes even "sahara", were made in the Arabian Desert, particular in an-Nafud which is famous for creating impressively large dunes

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Luckily my palace isn't surrounded by a desert