Journey with me to the Lut Desert, where the sun blazes and the ground radiates heat like nowhere else on our planet! This incredible place offers a unique glimpse into nature’s extremes.

The land here is mostly made up of sand, salt, and massive rock formations. There are also salt flats and dried-up lakes.

The Lut Desert is in the southeast of the Islamic Republic of Iran, an arid continental subtropical area notable for a rich variety of spectacular desert landforms. At 2,278,015 ha the area is large ...

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In 2016, the Lut Desert was inscribed on Iran UNESCO's World Heritage List. If you are planning to travel to Iran and would like to book your Iran Tour Packages in advance or submit your Iran Visa ...

This 2012 satellite photo shows a series of giant windblown ridges, known as yardangs, and a group of towering sand dunes at the heart of Iran's Lut Desert. When you purchase through links on our ...

This photo taken on May 2, 2025 shows a view of the wind-eroded Yadan landform at the Lut Desert in Kerman Province, Iran. Located in eastern Iran, Lut Desert, one of the driest and hottest places ...

While many might assume that California’s Death Valley is the hottest location on Earth, the area with the highest land surface temperature resides in Iran’s uninhabitable Lut Desert ...

The exhibit, which displays photos by Iranian photographer Iman Behdani, aims at promoting tourist attractions of the UNESCO-registered Lut Desert in the barren heartland of Iran, IRNA reported on ...

It's full of stars. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern ...