If you don't have a wristband to get into the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this weekend, consider getting in the car and heading up to the Mojave Preserve in San Bernardino County. There you ...

When Marco Polo heard eerie sounds coming from the Gobi Desert sand, he suspected mysterious spirits. Scientists have another explanation for the noisemaking. Avery Hurt is a freelance science ...

Deserts are known for being desolate and lifeless, but they are also quite striking and beautiful, especially when seen from above. Different types of sand, topography, wind and climate combine to ...

In the South Gobi Desert of Mongolia, a building created by Margot Krasojevic Architects for SIAC is exploring dormant monolithic architecture in the sand dunes. The Sand Drift Proving Ground responds ...

Sprawling heaps of golden grains of sand rise in peaks toward the hot sun. From the base of the desert’s tallest dune, a bright blue sky peeks out from beyond the vast expanse. You’d be forgiven for ...

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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had ...

David Thomas receives funding from NERC and The Leverhulme Trust. He is also affiliated with The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. The Dune films remind us of just how beautiful, mysterious, ...

When you hit winter weather overload, and you’re tired of snowy scenescapes, head to Cortez. Colorado’s quadrant of the Four Corners is filled with secrets of the past in its rugged and sometimes ...