Namib Desert 3. Atacama Desert 4. Mojave Desert 5. Gobi Desert 6. Thar Desert 7. Sonoran ... These stunning sand dunes create a captivating visual spectacle, with their ever-changing patterns and ...

The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid landscape of towering dunes, occupying about 34,000km² between the towns of Lüderitz in the south and ...

Strewn across the Namib desert is a treasure trove of stone tools ... 160 kilometers through a landscape of gravel plains and ...

This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...

These geckos have adapted their webbed feet not only to help them stay atop, but to bury beneath the dunes of the Namib Desert ... quickly across the sand, and adhesive pads on their toes make ...

Michael Schober (Austria) reveals a precious waterhole inset like a green gem within the sand dunes of the Namib Desert. The emerald pool was invisible to Michael, who was on the ground. ‘Only when ...