NPR

In Morocco's Atlas Mountains, survivors of the quake take stock of all they've lost

ATLAS MOUNTAINS, Morocco — Boujemaa and Aicha Ounasser are going home to their birthplace in the Atlas Mountains — to see whether anything is left of it. The brother and sister survived the Sept. 8 ...
Observer

In Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains, a Chance to Disconnect

Just a short drive from Marrakech, the High Atlas Mountains feel a world away. Unsplash/Getty Images Call it intuition or call it a glitch in the matrix, but we all have those destinations where we ...
NPR

African sun and a howling blizzard: trekking through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains

HIGH ATLAS MOUNTAINS, Morocco — When we set off on foot from a tiny mountain town called Imlil, it was still early, the sky purple. The peaks towering above the valley were just visible in the dim ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

AP PHOTOS: Berbers live on in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains

IMILCHIL, Morocco (AP) — Deep in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, the ancient Berbers live on, defying a harsh environment and loyal to their traditions and way of life in some of the most hard-to-reach ...
Science Daily

Atlas Mountains in Morocco buoyed up by superhot rock, study finds

The Atlas Mountains defy the standard model for mountain structure in which high topography must have deep roots for support, according to a new study from Earth scientists. The Atlas Mountains defy ...