The Largest Hot Desert When imagining the vastness of the world, the Sahara Desert often stands out. 2 million square ...

Some of the world's tallest sand dunes are located in the Sahara Desert. These dunes typically feature multiple ridges spreading out like the arms or tips of a star. Despite their prominence ...

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.

a rare sight in a desert where there’s usually not enough moisture for snow to form. The Sahara’s sand dunes are also truly spectacular. Some reach heights of nearly 600 feet (182m ...

Ninety-five percent of Libya is desert, 20 percent is dunes, and not a single perennial river runs through it. The Libyan Sahara holds the world's heat record (136°F) and can chill the bones on a ...

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 ...

Well-known examples of this occurrence include, Europe’s Adriatic Sea, the Middle-East’s Saharan desert, and China’s Taklamakhan Desert. Sand dunes are formed in the Sahara Desert in the image above.

I brought some Sahara sand home and have it in a perfume bottle on my desk to remind me of my short time among the dunes. It’s the desert base camp to which I wish to return in Morocco.

A dementia specialist from Kidderminster is set to take on a gruelling 100km trek across the Sahara Desert in memory of her mum.