Here are some of the best – and perhaps most unexpected – places to see sand dunes around the world, from vast desert ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Colorado’s quadrant of the Four Corners is filled with secrets of the past in its rugged and sometimes desolate desert landscape ... head to the Sand Canyon South Trailhead in McElmo Canyon.

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented by tourists, 4x4s motored through the puddles and residents surveyed the scene in awe. It's a surreal ...

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 ...

Southeastern Morocco's desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer. The ...