South Africa is home to many dune-covered landscapes that are perfect for thrilling 4x4 sessions, sandboarding and magical ...

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 ...

Namib Desert 3. Atacama Desert 4. Mojave Desert 5. Gobi Desert 6. Thar Desert 7. Sonoran ... These stunning sand dunes create ...

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 ...

Pia has traveled to the Namib Desert. Far away from civilization ... It spends most of the day hidden in the sand dunes, where it swims under the sand. With the young researcher Ndelimona, Pia can get ...

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 ...

Warm colors dominate this week's images. From the desert to Thailand and Manhattan, our gallery photographers take you around ...

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 ...

A girl staring into the distance and two Chinese coal miners joking during a break from work, are among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year 2024 competition.

Widely considered the oldest desert in the world, the Namib Desert is a favorite tourist ... Home to the world-famous red sand dunes, Sossusvlei is a paradise for photographers and adventurers ...