Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere’s history. The ...

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The Rub' al-Khali, a seemingly endless expanse of sand in the Middle East, has unveiled an astonishing secret. 23 years ago, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's ruler, was flying over the ...

This beautifully contrasted infrared-color image shows an area approximately 600 by 900 meters. This is a close-up of the western Medusa Fossae formation where we can see dust-covered rocky, bedrock ...

(Phys.org) —A team made up of members from research facilities in France and China has found that theoretical models built to describe sand dune formation align very closely with how they actually ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — Officials with Gulf State Park are collecting old Christmas trees to be used to create sand dunes. Real trees can be dropped off at the park’s beach pavilion until the end ...

Formed from windblown dry sands, dunes are meant to protect inland areas, acting as a first line of defense from flooding. The small ridges or hills of sand, usually found at the top of a beach, take ...