Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.
In the run-up to what traditionally is the prime nor’easter season, this may be exactly what the Jersey barrier-island ...
Discover Wyoming’s Killpecker Sand Dunes near Rock Springs — a vast desert oasis with golden dunes, volcanic towers, and ...
The best way to get local winds dialed in is to go to your local spot, check your favorite forecasting apps and see which one ...
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...
Depressions such as impact craters can act as traps for sediments that have been blown in from elsewhere, accumulating in various patterns whipped up by strong winds. The dune field in this unnamed 48 ...
On windswept dunes inside Martian craters, such as Matara and Russell, the Red Planet wears a curious pattern that has long ...
A new study has uncovered the mystery of how mini sand dunes form on beaches and in deserts. A new study led by the University of Southampton and research institutes in France has uncovered the ...
To see Frank Dudley’s “Across Wind Blown Sands (Indiana Dunes)” is to be transported to the bright shores of Lake Michigan. The lake’s blue and green expanse is glimpsed in the hollow space between ...
This isn’t the Sahara or Gobi Desert. This is Colorado. Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some ...