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Factory Butte with morning light.
Torrey, Utah

Factory Butte

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.
Gastro Obscura

Cholla Buds

Beneath a layer of spines, this cactus sprouts asparagus-flavored buds.
The desert landscape is varied—and often foggy.
deserts

The Secret World Inside Tiny Fog Droplets

From the Namib Desert to Maine, fog is teeming with life.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 30, 2018
Alfred Parkinson and Fred Schoonmaker stand outside an old Union Pacific Railroad caboose, which they used temporarily using as their home (from the <em>Bohemian Bugle</em>, November 1986).
deserts

How Two Men Tried to Start a Hate-Free ‘Gay Town’ in the Nevada Desert

Stonewall Park was a mid-1980s dream that never quite came to fruition.
Natasha Frost August 29, 2018
Nye County, Nevada

Project Faultless Site

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Panoramic view of the Jaisalmer Fort skyline.
Jaisalmer, India

Jaisalmer Fort

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.
Film City, Qatar

Film City

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.
Erg Chigaga is feels like a secret, otherworldly desert landscape.
Province de Zagora, Morocco

Erg Chigaga

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.
The horses.
Mesa, Arizona

Salt River Wild Horses

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia

Matmata Underground Houses

Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Gastro Obscura

Taguella

A desert dweller’s delight, this bread gets baked in sand.
The oldest intact pigments ever found are about the color of a sunset.
deserts

Found: The First Color Made By a Living Thing

It's 1.1 billion years old, and it's bright pink.
Cara Giaimo July 10, 2018
The Paredones.
Nazca, Peru

The Paredones

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.
The Gaberoun Oasis.
Libya

Gaberoun Oasis

A deserted Bedouin village lines the shores of this stunning desert oasis.
The Flaming Cliffs.
Bulgan, Mongolia

Flaming Cliffs

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.
A honeypot ant in Arizona.
Gastro Obscura

Honeypot Ants

These insects swell with sweet, golden nectar.
Dinosaur tracks!
El Paso, Texas

Sunland Park Dinosaur Tracks

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.
Iosepa welcome sign, Skull Valley, Utah.
Grantsville, Utah

Iosepa Ghost Town

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.