The sand that makes up the dunes had traveled too, migrating west from Egypt and Sudan. We were guided by an old French map that depicted the dunes as right parentheses, all pointing into the wind.

Understanding how sand dunes form is difficult—trying to replicate the process in a lab grows unwieldy and models created using computers are difficult to prove correct. For that reason, little ...

This New 320-acre Desert Camp Is Near the Tallest Sand Dunes in North America and a Lesser-known National Park — and It Opens in June Welcome to Dunes Desert Camp. You'll never want to leave.

If you've never heard a sand dune rumble, listen up. Marco Polo in the 13 th Century said the singing sands -- which he ascribed to evil desert spirits -- "at times fill the air with the sounds of ...

In the South Gobi Desert of Mongolia, a building created by Margot Krasojevic Architects for SIAC is exploring dormant monolithic architecture in the sand dunes. The Sand Drift Proving Ground ...

Japan’s least populated prefecture is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, a desert landscape that is now carefully protected by the government.

Viewed from space, the western edge of the Sahara Desert looks like another world. Its abundance of red-tinged sand turns into a sea of dunes that ebb and flow with the wind, unabated by foliage ...