The mountain, in the Sangre de Cristo Range, is located on Trinchera Ranch, private property owned by conservationist Louis ...
A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production ...
Thousands of families visit the Outer Banks to climb the incredible sand dunes at Jockeys Ridge each year. Many have no idea, ...
This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...
This giant sand dune in southern Spain is about 98 feet high and 656 feet wide, making it one of Europe's largest sand dunes. What is perhaps even more fascinating is what hides beneath it.
Climbing the dune is a challenge ... but those who visit in winter must trek through the soft sand. The nearby town of Arcachon offers excellent seafood restaurants and accommodations, making ...