Nowadays, adventure-seekers make the eight-hour drive from Cairo in search of divine desert adventures like sandboarding, camel-camping, and 4x4 dune-bashing in the Great Sand Sea that surrounds ...

Nor did I realize the allure of dunes. Once I started flying in the desert ... safer to fly over than dark sand. Dark sand absorbs the heat, then releases it in big bubbles of hot air, like ...

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 ...

In the heart of Dasht-e Kavir, a large desert in Iran, there is an enormous area of sand dunes known as Rig-e Jenn. At about 1,400 square miles, it is said to be one of the most impossible areas ...

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

and other hidden gems in the U.S. Discover hidden treasures like Great Sand Dunes National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park for a lesser-known but unforgettable desert adventure. From landmarks ...

"Arrakis is Dune, and Dune is sand," said Dune: Awakening executive producer Scott Junior, describing the desert planet that serves as the setting for the upcoming multiplayer survival game.

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.