Uncover sea glass on this windswept peninsula along one of Oregon's most untouched stretches of coastline, with tons of ...

The frost prevents the wind from picking up sand, so the dunes can't migrate until spring arrives. Pictures of the frozen dunes can help scientists determine whether water once persisted on the ...

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

Their roots act to stabilize the sand. Healthy dunes covered in vegetation are normally harder to erode. But as beaches are washed away during large storms and the water level rises, larger waves can ...

All these sand dunes make up one of the largest sand dune ... a sheltered area develops behind it. The water isn't moving much here, so it deposits sand and silt, so mud flats or salt marshes ...

I didn’t unpack the aircraft until we got out there and set up camp under the stars in the valleys between the dunes. Lake water percolates through the sand, so you can drink freshwater out of ...

There are no routes, no trails, no water — just the crazy hills of insanely soft sand. Knowledge of the dunes has come from only the handful of researchers that have dared to explore it ...

Desert Drop coffee table by Karim+Elias explores the compatibility between sand and water, bringing a piece of desert home.