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Deserts

Hello to you, worm lizard.

The Goofy Worm Lizard That Beats the Heat by Never Coming to the Surface

It has claws like a mole, eyes that look like poppy seeds, and a great strategy for evading predators and filling up on prey.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 22, 2019

Baker, California

Travelers Monument

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

Just chillin' on a camel, sharing a shake, at the 1958 Indio date festival.

Before the Music Festival, Coachella Valley Promoted Itself With an Arabian Fantasy

Celebrating the local date industry involved a Queen Scheherazade beauty pageant, vendors in veils, and a Taj Mahal.

Rohini Chaki April 16, 2019

Prickly pear cactus with fruit in the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the Six-Day War.

The Prickly Symbolism of Cactus Fruit in Israel and Palestine

On different sides of border checkpoints, different views of a sweet treat.

Miriam Berger April 12, 2019

Come on in!

Mecca, California

Dos Palmas and San Andreas Springs

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Palms flourish around McCallum Pond.

Thousand Palms, California

Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The Star Hotel around 1910.

How Basque Food Got to Northern Nevada

It all started with the Gold Rush.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

Some of the houses have blue and green walls.

Al Madam, United Arab Emirates

Buried Village of Al Madam

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Dana Village.

Bsaira District, Jordan

Dana Village

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

The escarpment (right).

The Edge of the World

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

Tsamma Melon

This wild fruit helps man and beast survive long treks without water in the Kalahari desert.

The desert.

Błędów, Poland

Błędów Desert

People in Poland have rallied to save this unnatural desert from being reclaimed by the forest.

Wadi Mujib.

Areedh Sub-District, Jordan

River Canyons of Jordan

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

View of the valley from the homestead.

Tucson, Arizona

Bowen Stone House Ruins

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

Wadi Rum Village, Jordan

Wadi Rum

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

Desert Truffles

So strong is Kuwaitis’ love for this seasonal delicacy that an entire market gets set up just for its sale.

Madfouna

This Saharan sand-baked fare is nicknamed “Berber pizza.”

Lithium in various stages of dehydration.

See the Pixelated Desert That Powers Your Phone Battery

A lithium lakebed in Chile from above.

Noor Al-Samarrai February 19, 2019