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 ...

A state park is one of the best off-roading spots in Oklahoma. Spend time zooming over the dunes, enjoy views of rolling sand hills, and camp overnight.

The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank ... The rolling mounds lining beaches are more than just big piles of sand.

In the heart of Dasht-e Kavir, a large desert in Iran, there is an enormous area of sand dunes known as Rig-e Jenn. At about 1,400 square miles, it is said to be one of the most impossible areas ...

Nor did I realize the allure of dunes. Once I started flying in the desert ... safer to fly over than dark sand. Dark sand absorbs the heat, then releases it in big bubbles of hot air, like ...

We flew from Beijing to Lanzhou and then drove to a town near the edge of the desert to meet our camel team. We camped in the sand the last night before setting off into the dunes. I didn’t ...