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The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here’s what it looks like
The Sahara is the world’s largest non-polar desert, stretching across 3.6 million square miles. Satellite images from September showed huge swaths of it carpeted in green as storms pushed ...
The little seaside city that's the driest in the world - almost never rains
The city only sees around 0.76 mm of rainfall per year, though its plant and wildlife life is supported by the moisture of a ...
Dreamy desert escapes
From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something ...
The world's biggest abandoned island that's 296-miles wide and uninhabited for 74 years
Remote, windswept, and harsh, the isle is classified as a polar desert, with barren mountains rising above frost-worn beaches ...
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Ellesmere Island: Take a Glimpse At The Top of The World
A true polar desert, Ellesmere gets less then 70 mm of rain and/or snow a year. During the brief summer, when the sun beats down twenty-four hours a day, the environment dries up and resembles the ...
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Dreamy desert escapes
Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...