The Cloud Harvesters of Morocco

On Morocco’s southwest coast, where the Anti-Atlas Mountains descend toward the Sahara, water is scarce and the air often carries the only hint of moisture.

Here, in the region of Aït Baamrane, a remarkable project captures that moisture before it disappears.

On ridgelines above the villages, enormous vertical nets stretch across the rock, catching clouds as they sweep inland from the Atlantic.

The idea is simple: fog rolling in from the ocean condenses on the fine mesh, forming droplets that trickle down into gutters and pipes.

From there, the water flows into storage tanks and finally into village homes.

What looks like cloth stretched on a frame is, in fact, one of the most advanced fog-harvesting systems in the world.