This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

Hurricane Matthew’s march past the Southeast coast in October wiped out protective dunes in four states, newly released aerial photos from the U.S. Geological Survey show. Matthew overwashed 177 ...

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A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern Morocco, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo) 30,546 people played the daily ...

This striking astronaut photo shows off an "eye-catching" impact crater in the Sahara Desert. The oculus-like structure is surrounded by migrating sand dunes that are capable of traveling more ...

Parts of the Sahara desert experienced a rare episode of snowfall on Tuesday, covering dunes in a 16-inch layer of snow, the Independent reported on Tuesday. As temperatures rose during the course ...

The dramatic contrast between the burnt-orange dunes and the dull-blue hills of the Sahara Desert in northern ... 22 million football fields. [Cholla Photos: See these Amazing Desert Cacti ...

A rare deluge of rain has left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert ... one of the hardest-hit areas. An aerial view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall ...

A rare deluge of rain has left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more water than many have ...