In many ways, Merthyr Mawr has the aesthetic of a Cotswolds town like Bibury. Read Next: The antiques-filled valley market ...

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The ear-splitting roar of his jet ski fills the air as Hamza al-Hamm thunders past, kicking up plumes of water -- not at the ...

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 ...

A wide spectrum of colour harmonies derives from the resonance of contrasting hues of the sand grains in the ripples that cover the dunes. A true portrait of the desert where the light-coloured ...

A star dune is a type of sand dune that has at least three ridges ... On Earth, star dunes are also found in China, Namibia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and several U.S. states, including California ...

Many head into the Qatari desert in the cooler months, spilling out of the capital Doha to barrel down dunes in all-terrain vehicles — Karim JAAFAR With the rev of an engine and a last tremendous pull ...