A hike through part of Chile's Atacama Desert reveals seas of sand dunes, some of the world's best stargazing spots, and ...

we sit on the sand and watch as the setting sun bathes the dunes in red-golden light. A desert fox comes within a few metres of us, drawn by the smell. The Atacama is the driest place on earth ...

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 ...

whether it's paragliding above the dunes during the day or being engulfed in the stars at night.” A narrow canyon leading to the volcano Licancabur in the Atacama Desert. At night, the singular ...

About 700 miles long, the Atacama Desert features sand dunes and low, coastal mountains of dry rock that descend into salt flats. It is also the driest place on the planet. In this harsh landscape ...

“The wind and sand action on the edge of the desert is extremely strong, and the sand dunes expand outward.” To combat these issues, Lei noted that green belts and solar-based sand control ...

The Taklamakan Desert, often called the “sea of death,” covers 130,350 square miles (337,600 square kilometers), with 85% dominated by shifting sand dunes. Sandstorms from this desert have long posed ...