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Deserts

The old movie set.

Province de Ouarzazate, Morocco

'The Hills Have Eyes' Gas Station

An abandoned horror film set sits eerily along a highway through Hollywood's "door to the desert."

The rare Ackaringa daisy.

Found: New Hope for an Endangered Desert Flower

Scientists and volunteers spent more than 100 hours scouring the Australian outback for the rare daisy.

Vittoria Traverso January 19, 2018

Atrapaniebla, with the camanchaca rolling in behind it.

Fog Beer at Atrapaniebla Brewery

In the Atacama Desert, brewers trap fog moisture to make crisp ales.

Cerro Blanco

Cerro Blanco

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Shakaria, Jordan

Hejaz Railway Train of Wadi Rum

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Inside the lava tube.

San Bernardino County, California

Mojave Lava Tube

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Permanently Closed

You can't miss it.

Landers, California

The Dream Wanderer

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Look closely, photographer Cris Benton takes a high altitude kite selfie.

Edwards Air Force Base, California

Edwards AFB Satellite Calibration Targets

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

A panoramic view of the dunes and cultural complex.

Liwa, United Arab Emirates

Moreeb Dune

One of the largest sand dunes in the world is nicknamed the "Scary Mountain" due to its steep slope and sharp incline.

Don Juan Pond.

Don Juan Pond

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

Inyo County, California

Teakettle Junction

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Tucson Mineral and Gem World.

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson Mineral and Gem World

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

The peyote cactus is cute as a button.

Peyote

Mexican and American Indians have a long history with this powerful cactus.

Ostrich feeding.

Picacho, Arizona

Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

British graves at the battle site of Abu Klea

Al Matammah, Sudan

Battle of Abu Klea Memorial

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

Rock art at Tassili n'Ajjer.

Tassili n'Ajjer

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

One of Zack Denfield's students whips smog into a meringue in Bangalore, India.

With Smog Meringues, You Can Taste Your City's Air Pollution

Artists whip up a way for your taste buds to go through what your lungs do every day.

Natasha Frost November 17, 2017

Faloodeh at Sofreh, in Brooklyn.

Faloodeh

This crunchy, sweet, and tart noodle sorbet is one of the world's oldest frozen desserts.