With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

THERE’S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it’s one of the most beautiful places to go on ...

This striking astronaut photo shows off an "eye-catching" impact crater in the Sahara Desert. The oculus-like structure is surrounded by migrating sand dunes that are capable of traveling more ...

Coastal dunes are a ridge, or a series of ridges, that form at the rear of a beach and differ from most other constructional coastal landforms in that they ... of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes.

This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old.

Residents, seemingly resigned to their fate, speak of the desert ... the Sahara, are expanding at unprecedented rates and “sand seas” are being reactivated, with blowing dunes transforming ...

Water rushing between the sand dunes of southern Morocco. In desert communities frequented ... have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts.

THERE'S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert ... has some of the highest sand dunes in Europe. Piscinas is surrounded by sand dunes formed by the natural forces ...

This intriguing astronaut photo shows around a dozen giant "star dunes" as they slowly dance across a sandy field near the edge of the Sahara desert ... windswept sand — or erg — covers ...