Channel Islands National Park is home to an abundance of photogenic wildlife and landscapes, and its second-largest island is ...

The purple flakes are made of garnet, which is a deep purple. Most of the Great Lakes basin is composed of sandstone, which is tan. This gives our sand beaches their tan hue. However, there are ...

Q:I have a decorative tree called a sand cherry. I just noticed that there are many places on the branches that are raised, black, deformed lumps. It is on almost every branch. Some of the ...

REVERE — Purple-tinted sand shimmered in the winter sun on a strip of Revere Beach as people stopped to take pictures and appreciate its beauty. Some beachgoers were wondering how the sand had ...

If you’ve been to one beach on Massachusetts’s North Shore recently, you may have noticed something strange and beautiful: Sparkling patches of purple sand.

The sand dunes of Chile's Atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been blanketed by white and purple blooms in recent days after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the ...

James draws a literal line in the sand during a trip to the beach. Tensions boil over when Tom and Ariana clash about long-simmering resentments.

The 9th Yixing International Ceramic Culture and Arts Festival & the Belt and Road Initiative National-Gift Purple-Sand Pottery Arts Exhibition Tour were launched together in Beijing on Aug 18.

Collect up all the regional currency in the Sand Kingdom to unlock some fancy, festive outfits in Super Mario Odyssey.

Offbeat Traveler is heading to the coast this summer. In celebration of the season, we’re bringing you colorful beaches around the world -- destinations where the sand is not your typical yellow ...

One to consider is the purple leaf sand cherry, P x cistena Crimson Dwarf. Its bright reddish purple leaves keep going all summer before turning a greenish-bronze in autumn.