An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat. Instead, it is a vast expanse of ice and snow, covering an area of about 14 ...

NASA scientists said that the historic event was triggered by a cyclone and similar storms are expected to occur in the ...

And there is something intriguing about miles of sand dunes that seem to ... none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million ...

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years ... This model also selected pixels where patches of sand that have settled in between ...

Sand dunes in the Sahara desert in Africa. The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, located in northern Africa. The climate is hot and dry, with temperatures recorded as high as 50°C.