The most surprising among all, is the snowfall seen in the Atacama Desert in Chile, considered one of the driest places in ...

Snowfall in deserts is mainly the result of sharp temperature swings. Many deserts lie far from oceans or are located at high ...

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia's "two camel-hump mountain." ...

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San Pedro de Atacama Desert is one of the most extreme and visually striking landscapes on Earth, located in northern Chile.

Wadi Rum, Atacama, Sossusvlei, Agafay, AlUla, Palm Springs, Tabernas (Spain), Jaisalmer, Mitzpe Ramon, and Oman’s Sharqiya ...

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten ...

Ancient footprints challenge the timeline of human arrival in North America, suggesting people were here much earlier than once believed.

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

Thirty-five years after Operation Desert Storm, the conflict remains the last major regional war fought—and decisively won—by the United States. That fact alone should give pause to anyone concerned ...

Great Sand Dunes National Park sits in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, cradled between the towering Sangre de ...