we sit on the sand and watch as the setting sun bathes the dunes in red-golden light. A desert fox comes within a few metres of us, drawn by the smell. The Atacama is the driest place on earth ...

Atacama Desert 4. Mojave Desert 5. Gobi Desert 6. Thar Desert 7. Sonoran Desert 8. White Desert 9. Simpson Desert Key ...

I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition ... Nor did I realize the allure of dunes. Once I started flying in the desert, I came under its spell and began what ...

The vast white sands of the Lencois Maranhenses desert meet with the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. This surreal landscape is ...

A unique combination of sand and snow transformed a Colorado national park into an otherworldly winter wonderland, a stunning ...

We flew from Beijing to Lanzhou and then drove to a town near the edge of the desert to meet our camel team. We camped in the sand the last night before setting off into the dunes. I didn’t ...

whether it's paragliding above the dunes during the day or being engulfed in the stars at night.” A narrow canyon leading to the volcano Licancabur in the Atacama Desert. At night, the singular ...

dedicated sand control workers are busy mending and reinforcing defenses in the form of straw checkerboards — straw placed in a checkerboard pattern on the desert surface to secure dunes.

The sunset also provided an opportunity for some stunning photographs up on the sand dunes, with the squad taking in our incredible surroundings in the process. Check out the best images from the ...