While you’re there, head to the 65-foot high sand dunes behind the beach ... because of its listing in the Guinness Book of World Records as the whitest beach. Tiny quartz particles are what ...

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 ...

The Dune Express has been in operation for a few weeks and looks to support the oil industry in the Permian Basin.

making them popular holiday destinations for visitors from the UK and many other parts of the world. Behind many of these beaches are sand dune systems which provide homes for diverse forms of ...

The size and morphology of coastal dunes is dependent on the complex ... is formed on the upwind side. Second, sand is deposited into vegetation around the margins of the depositional lobe.

Tottori Sand Dunes Museum is the only indoor museum in the world dedicated to exhibiting sand sculptures. Every year, artists from around the globe produce monumental 3-D masterpieces based on a ...

One Canary Island boasts a subtropical climate, with high temperatures and less rainfall than other islands in the group - ...

The 17-year-old was back at the oche for the first time since winning the World ... around the track by a driver due to Littler not yet having a driving licence. They climbed the sand dunes ...