The world around us was khaki and brown—a sprawling sea of sand, with tracks carved in the dirt for makeshift roadways.

The city is built on sand dunes and bordered by the Arabian Sea on three sides, at a low elevation that makes it vulnerable ...

Saudi’s most happening season continues with a brand-new experience - ‘Dunes of Arabia’, open in Riyadh until 15 April 2025. Immerse yourself in the magic of the desert in Saudi, the Heart ...

Star dunes are the tallest and most complex ... radiating arms and are widespread in deserts including the sand seas of Africa, Arabia, China, and North America, as well as on Mars and Saturn ...

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 ...

Saudi’s most happening season continues with a brand-new experience - ‘Dunes of Arabia’, open in Riyadh until 15 April 2025. Immerse yourself in the magic of the desert in Saudi, the Heart ...

After more than 7,000 kilometres of Saudi Arabian sand dunes and rocky terrain, sleepless nights in a desert tent, new friendships forged and jokes cracked, an electric issue left him stuck in the ...