Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre ...

A conveyor belt more than 40 miles long runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, across state borders into Lea County, New Mexico.

The belt the company named “The Dune Express ... from a mine in Western Sahara on the northwest coast of Africa, according to NASA Earth Observatory. When moving sand by truck became a ...

Exploring this UNESCO World Heritage Site, a land of ancient geology scarred by recent conflict, gifts a true sense of ...

The town of Swakopmund in Namibia is world-famous for its huge desert landscape and giant dunes that create ideal conditions ...

This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these ...

Desert snowfall is one of nature’s rarest and most breathtaking phenomena occurring when a perfect mix of cold air moisture and unique atmospheric conditions align over some of the world’s driest ...

snapping turtle sculptures outside the Indiana Dunes Visitors Center ... artist from Chicago’s Southeast Side, designed the giant turtle sculptures that were crafted from Indiana limestone.

A worker at Great Sand Dunes National Park told The Denver Post on Friday that park officials had received verbal approval to hire seasonal positions for the summer. The worker spoke on the ...

There will be live music, vendors, food trucks and a giant sand sculpture symbolizing Treasure Island’s journey of recovery. The sky will come alive with colorful and creative kites. It will be ...

8. The Sahara has giant sand dunes. Some of the sand dunes in the Sahara are enormous, reaching over 180 metres in height… almost as tall as a 60-story building! These dunes, called ergs, constantly ...