Parts of the Sahara Desert in Ain Sefra, Algeria, was covered in a layer of frost on December 29, as the region witnessed ...

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 ...

One of the world’s driest places got a frosty makeover. Check out how the Sahara desert dunes were streaked with ice and why ...

Chance discoveries while traveling give another dimension to what’s been planned and researched. So often it’s the unexpected ...

The desert is famously unforgiving, with daytime temperatures reaching up to 58C, while nighttime temperatures can plummet to ...

When you think of towering sand dunes, your mind probably drifts to the Sahara or perhaps Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park, known for its unique alien-like landscape. However, North ...

The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and blue sky ... The past survives here and speaks from the sand, rock, heat, and dry winds. It whispers to us about a history of repeated ...

The vessel, which could date as far back as the late 18th century, was found on the coast of the world's largest inland water ...

AIN SEFRA, Algeria – For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa ... The video showed dunes blanketed in fresh snow, but streets appeared ...

Red and as fine as dust, the Sahara’s sand looks just like cinnamon but mysteriously holds its shape as dunes — solid but constantly shifting as it magically defies the laws of physics.