THERE’S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it’s one of the most beautiful places to go on ...

conveyer belt to transport millions of tons of sand for hydraulic fracturing. The belt the company named “The Dune Express” runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, and across state borders into Lea ...

A 42-mile conveyor belt by Atlas Energy carries sand needed for hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Kermit, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ...

conveyer belt to transport millions of tons of sand for hydraulic fracturing. The belt the company named “The Dune Express” runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, and across state borders into Lea ...

With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

So much of nature is just as ominous as it is beautiful. And that’s definitely true of the sand dunes in Slowinski National Park, Poland. Set along the country’s Baltic coastline, the 186.18 ...