Sitting on the fringes of the Moroccan desert, the mountainous region of Ait Baamrane receives little rainfall. But what it does get in abundance, and for six months of the year, is dense fog sweeping in from the nearby Atlantic Ocean.

While it might restrict visibility, this misty mass also provides a solution to water shortages. How? It's harvested in the world's largest fog collection system.

Wind pushes water vapor in the air through vertical nets, where it condenses into small droplets that trickle down the netting to be gathered in large containers. The nets collect around 35,000 liters (about 9,200 gallons) of water every day, which covers the needs of more than 1,000 people and is also used to irrigate plants.

Fog is not only collected in Morocco's mountains but in other places including........

© Deutsche Welle