Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the sand seas of the Namib Desert on 7 January 2012. The Namib is the oldest desert in the world, stretching over 2000 km along Africa’s ...

In the middle of the Namibian desert, a ghost town that once housed German diamond miners is slowly filling up with sand. Photographer Romain Veillon spent a week in the town, called Kolmanskop, ...

Deserts are known for being desolate and lifeless, but they are also quite striking and beautiful, especially when seen from above. Different types of sand, topography, wind and climate combine to ...

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Winds blowing over a dune can move grains of sand in three main ways. What path these grains take depends on their size, although the exact size in each category can change from site to site. Think of ...

Received wisdom suggests you cannot equate 'beauty' with the desert – but as long as you're not dying of thirst or sun poisoning, there's plenty of beauty to behold. We've picked out some amazing ...

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