Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune ...

The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune” are also under siege — from climate change ...

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 ...

Over a hundred years ago, giant sand dunes threatened to overwhelm parts of Florence, Ore. These dunes snake along the coast for over 50 miles, and some are taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Colorado has another unique gem waiting to be explored: The Great Sand Dunes National Park! Here, the star attraction isn't a ...

It’s a warm spring day in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, and I see no other hikers besides the two who joined me on this backpacking in Great Sand Dunes adventure. It’s just us and our ...

Weather-Fox Most Breathtaking Sand Dunes in the U.S. Posted: February 23, 2025 | Last updated: February 23, 2025 The U.S. is home to some of the most breathtaking sand dunes in the world ...

As sand grains shuffle down the slopes of certain sand dunes, they produce a deep, groaning hum that reverberates for miles. But how these dunes produce this "music" remains a much debated mystery.

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d landed in the Middle East. But these are the Tottori Sand Dunes, wedged along the coast of Japan’s sparsely populated San’in region, the country’s ...

Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. So did the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. And now it’s up to the Indiana Natural Resources Commission ...

White Sands National Park in New Mexico, for instance, features 275 square miles of sand dunes made almost entirely of pure gypsum—probably something to be found only in a desert due to the ...

The main players behind it are Michael and Chris Keiser, sons of Bandon Dunes founder Mike Keiser, and the co-developers and owners of Sand Valley Resort in Wisconsin. But those aren’t the only ...