This 2013 astronaut photo shows a giant eye-shaped impact crater in the Sahara Desert that is slowly being circled by ...

Some of the world's tallest sand dunes are located in the Sahara Desert. These dunes typically feature multiple ridges spreading out like the arms or tips of a star. Despite their prominence ...

Today, however, they are mainly frequented by tourists keen to tick the Sahara Desert off their bucket lists, including by dune surfing or via jeep tours.

This story appears in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. An ancient wind is coming up from a place called deep time. The Sahara strikes us as an eternal inferno of dunes and ...

Internet users woke up to an interesting revelation when Google's campaign ruled out ‘Sahara’ as the best possible answer to ...

The Navara's biggest test, though, was several hours of sand dune driving at Erg Chebbi in the Moroccan Sahara desert. If there were ever a location that could break a modern-day pick-up softie ...

Dunes - ideal for sliding - were also partially covered by the snow and ice. The snow in the town of Ain Sefra - known as the gateway to the Sahara Desert - was only a light dusting. Shutterstock ...

Surrounded by dunes and sandstone plateaus, Djanet is a gateway to the lunar-like landscapes of the Sahara. The desert is also home to some of the world's most impressive prehistoric rock carvings.

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more ...