Almost like a scene from Mars, or the Dune movies, astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently photographed ...

Nor did I realize the allure of dunes. Once I started flying in the desert ... side of a sand dune; the shady side usually has downdrafts, so you just drop like a stone. White sand is safer ...

The age of one of Earth's largest and most complex types of sand dune has been ... see how quickly this enormous dune formed, and that it is moving across the desert at about 50cm a year," he ...

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 ...

Tom is a writer in London with a Master's degree in Journalism whose editorial work covers anything from health and the environment to technology and archaeology. Viewed from space, the western ...

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the characteristics of desert dunes and their sediments, and explores their dynamics on timescales from days to millennia as they respond to changes in ...

Camp in the desert ... the 470-foot sand dune. These dunes are off-limits to motorized vehicles, so this is the only way to really experience them. The 6-mile hike can take between three and six hours ...