This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these ...

The town of Swakopmund in Namibia is world-famous for its huge desert landscape and giant dunes that create ideal conditions ...

The Sahara’s sand dunes don’t just roll languidly on the horizon; they rise like giants on the desert stage. Some of these dunes reach impressive heights of over 180 meters (590 feet ...

When you think of towering sand dunes, your mind probably drifts to the Sahara or perhaps ... a 470-foot sand peak rises dramatically above the desert floor, offering an extraordinary adventure ...

A woman is taking on a five-day trek across the Sahara Desert in memory of her mother, who died after living with dementia ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the most fascinating and extreme places on Earth! It’s the largest hot desert in the world, covering vast landscapes of sand, rock and even mountains. Despite its tough ...

The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti, a historical hub for poets, scholars, and theologians and home to thousands of ...

Bechir Belhad sits on Saharan sand dunes. They can live their whole lives ... prospect as we set out into the vastness of the Sahara Desert. Yet with hundreds and hundreds of miles of golden ...

But there was one I hadn’t realized I’d need to survive the Sahara: reading sand dunes ... did I realize the allure of dunes. Once I started flying in the desert, I came under its spell ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by ...

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented ... have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts.