Deserts, Sand dunes, and their inhabitants don't get much coverage but they could be mind-blowing beautiful.

So post pics from the world of Desert that many of us may never witness in person.

Here is Ubari Sand sea, Fezzan, Libya

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The desert of Maspalomas,Gran Canaria, Spain

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Thar, Sindh, Pakistan
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Thar, Rajashtan, India

Erg of Admer (Algeria )

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=413

The Algerian desert

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Timimoun Oasis (Algeria )

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=393

Dunes after the rain, surroundings of Djanet, Central Sahara.

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=411

Stony forest, Site of Jabbaren, Tray(Plateau) of the Tassili N' Ajjer, Algeria (24°28'N N - 9°47'E E).
The site of Jabbaren appears as a city with its perpendicular main avenues, its places, its multiple streets and alleys... Jabbaren is one of these most important "stony forests" of the Tassili N' Ajjer, natural reserve registers on the UNESCO world heritage list in 1982. Their landscapes always present an aspect of engraved stoneware, affected and sculptured by the wind, the sand and the water. But their interest is not that aesthetic or geologic. Tassili N' Ajjer is one of the vaster whole prehistoric rock art of the world. More than 15 000 drawings and engravings allow to follow, since 6 000 BC until first centuries AD, the changes of the climate, the migrations of the fauna and the evolution of the human life in the borders of Sahara there.




http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=260

Sahara Desert (Algeria)


http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=434

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=435

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=441

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http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=507

Salt rock close to Ain Mabed , Algeria

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=331

Algeria

The Ahaggar Mountains (Tuareg: idurar uhaggar), also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, or southern Algeria near the Tropic of Cancer. They are located about 1,500 km (900 mi) south of the capital, Algiers and just west of Tamanghasset. The region is largely rocky desert with an average altitude of more than 900 metres (2,953 feet) above sea level. The highest peak is at 3,003 meters (Mount Tahat). Assekrem is a famous and often visited point where le Père de Foucauld lived in the summer of 1905.


http://accel6.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/0/29/47/72/hoggar020805.jpg

http://algerianland.canalblog.com/images/hoggar56_.jpg

http://www.emoto.com/img/news/200611/2989/yamaha-tassili-aventure-1.jpg

http://algerianland.canalblog.com/images/SAHARA661.jpg http://algerianland.canalblog.com/images/hoggar58.jpg
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Relizane - Sahara

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Moon on the Algerian Desert

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Hoggar Mountains -Sahara

http://www.astrosurf.com/rondi/terragen/Tassili'n%20Hoggar_cadre.jpg

Algerian Desert

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/tomek/Afrique_fichiers/ajjer_fichiers/Mozaique%20Algerie%2006.jpg

http://www.lesmomitos.fr/images/20060810001518_paysage-desert.jpg

http://accel7.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/0/25/78/75/paysage-nuit-deserts-algerie-desert-701995.jpg

http://imworld.aufeminin.com/destination/users/D20050704/1572_774940132_desert2_H002342_L.jpg

http://www.freewebs.com/ittstozeur/slika_6.jpg

http://www.vitaminedz.com/photos/5/5273-chott-merouane.jpg

http://www.yannarthusbertrand2.org/index2.php?option=com_datsogallery&func=wmark&mid=443

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/tomek/Afrique_fichiers/ajjer_fichiers/Mozaique%20Algerie%2001.jpg

wow awazing more pics

The first pictures are beautiful :
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Sahara
http://i031.radikal.ru/0908/ff/780c649b4bdb.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

CARCROSS DESERT, Yukon, Canada:

location:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2006/11/02/nor-map-yukon-carcross.jpg

INFO: (it's only 1 sq mi., so it contradicts the legends that say: you'll get lost once you entered a desert.)
http://www.lohmann.ca/heinrich/Yukon82-98/Whitehorse%20area/carcross-desert-sign-web.jpg

From Andrew Strain of flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/3621819384_4efe43d75a.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Carcross_Desert.JPG

http://lostrambler.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dscn6080.jpg

Sandboarding? (courtesy of http://www.sandboard.com)
http://www.sandboard.com/locations/canada/carcross/carcross3.jpg

http://www.sandboard.com/locations/canada/carcross/carcross4.jpg

During Winter:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Carcross_Desert_Winter.jpg

out back desert, australia
photos of ayres rock

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atacama desert - driest place in the world

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2334361953_5c3b72c1af.jpg

CARCROSS DESERT, Yukon, Canada:

location:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2006/11/02/nor-map-yukon-carcross.jpg

INFO: (it's only 1 sq mi., so it contradicts the legends that say: you'll get lost once you entered a desert.)
http://www.lohmann.ca/heinrich/Yukon82-98/Whitehorse%20area/carcross-desert-sign-web.jpg

From Andrew Strain of flickr
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/3621819384_4efe43d75a.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Carcross_Desert.JPG

http://lostrambler.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dscn6080.jpg

Sandboarding? (courtesy of http://www.sandboard.com)
http://www.sandboard.com/locations/canada/carcross/carcross3.jpg

http://www.sandboard.com/locations/canada/carcross/carcross4.jpg

During Winter:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Carcross_Desert_Winter.jpg

:runaway:
Amazing !

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/75877334_a433301b1c.jpg

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww156/k2rulez/SkarduDesert.png

http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/land/baltistan/pic_skarduvalley-dunes.jpg


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Skardu desert have ice is amazing

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2067/2765793666_cd5bb6c585_b.jpg

wow :happy:

So Nice ! :)

Cumbuco, Brazil

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/Brazil2015/8437406250DvxTXp.cumbuco17.jpg

Lençóis Maranhenses

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa49/raonissc/557696373_c084b1f9c8_b.jpg

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^^
WOW! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Just AMAZING !
I love the desert :D
:banana::banana::banana:

there are deserts in brazil?!?!?!?!:eek2::eek2::eek2:

Brazil deserts are mind blowingly BEAUTIFUL.

This thread I created to give the diversity in deserts some coverage. I didn't know there was deserts in Brazil or in northern Pakistan and I am from there. :bash:
http://ic2.pbase.com/u41/arifakhan/large/33198467.sk45.jpg

http://www.foto.brat.pl/royalty_free/rezerwaty_parki/pustynia_bledowska/foto/010.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2061/3533551479_aa93a39a59_b.jpg

Pustynia Błędowska, 32 km of loose sands, the largest desert of northen Europe.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/883481.jpg

Canyons around Guge in Western Tibet.

^^ Stunning

Deserts in New Zealand
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2008/2165087150_423501c400_b.jpg
Around Mount Ruapahu

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/3250285172_98620423ca_b.jpg

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Some crazy kiwies :)

os lençois, gorgeous :drool:

deserts are cool!

Here's one i've been to, Monument valley in Arizona/Utah, USA. Very famous scenery from dozens of Western films.

http://www.thefurtrapper.com/photogallery/Monument%20Valley.jpg

http://www.artavares.co.cc/blog/blogs/media/shared/global/monument-valley/monument-valley-road.jpg

http://wallpapers.bpix.org/wallpapers/42/West_Mitten,_Monument_Valley,_Arizona.jpg

Mount Bromo (Indonesian: Gunung Bromo), is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia. At 2,329 meters it is not the highest peak of the massif, but it is the most well known. The massif area is one of the most popular tourist attractions in East Java, Indonesia.

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Tangkuban Perahu, or Tangkuban Parahu in local Sundanese dialect, is an active volcano 30 km north of the city of Bandung, the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia. It is a popular tourist attraction where tourists can hike or ride to the edge of the crater to view the hot water springs upclose, and buy eggs cooked on its hot surface. This stratovolcano is on the island of Java and last erupted in 1983.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2882324942_6e7f31a691_o.jpg

source : flickr

damn those are some good photos dochan

Ilocos Norte Sand Dunes
Ilocos Norte, Philippines

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1481/27794940260204ea2de.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5245/27794898503459ba07e.jpg

from http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2006/11/fort_ilocandia__2.html

http://www.vascoplanet.com/pictures/medium/775083.jpg

http://www.vascoplanet.com/pictures/medium/77508a.jpg

Chegaga Dunes - Moroccan Sahara

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/414444218_3877f04f5b_b.jpg

The Moroccan Sahara

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/3641900074_5a92604534_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/3531244339_1920379d18_o.jpg

Camel caravan in the Moroccan Sahara

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3044925897_4f5fe1501d_o.jpg

Merzouga - Moroccan Sahara

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/53406354_56d3669d0b_b.jpg

Merzouga - Moroccan Sahara

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/53406354_56d3669d0b_b.jpg

Touaregs in Morocco ??!!

Taken from Indonesia SSC Forum. The pictures of Sumba Timur (East Sumba) Nusa Tenggara Timur / NTT (Lesser Sunda Islands), Indonesia

Sumba Timur, bener2 little africa deh gersangnya...

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/567/apicture049qs4.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture049qs4.jpg)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2707/apicture051by5.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture051by5.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/161/apicture108tf9.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture108tf9.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9701/apicture111dg3.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture111dg3.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/236/apicture112dv8.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture112dv8.jpg)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2479/apicture137pe7.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture137pe7.jpg)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8898/apicture054cu1.jpg (http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=apicture054cu1.jpg)

Still NTT, Ende, Flores Island, NTT, Indonesia



Ende, Flores, Indonesia

http://static.flickr.com/53/126046489_6150105101_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/24/42821691_fbb97d2af9_o.jpg

by flickR via Farean :)

Komodo Island, NTT, Indonesia
from flickr


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Slowinski NP in Northern Poland
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/S%C5%82owi%C5%84ski_Park_Narodowy-1212.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pl/thumb/d/d6/Wydmy_w_Slowinskim_PN1.jpg/800px-

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Dune_Slowinski_National_Park.jpg/800px-Dune_Slowinski_National_Park.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Wydmy2.jpg/800px-Wydmy2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Wydmy.JPG/800px-Wydmy.JPG

more photos of Lençóis Maranhenses

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3859869702_e40981a2db_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/240753074_369ded5d2d_b.jpg

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The only one I know is the Grand Canyon.

http://www.atacamaphoto.com/atacama/atacama43.jpg
Laguna Brava
http://www.atacamaphoto.com/atacama/atacama60.jpg

Never had a drop of rain (atleast since the record keeping began)

http://www.atacamaphoto.com/atacama/atacama43.jpg
Laguna Brava
http://www.atacamaphoto.com/atacama/atacama60.jpg

Never had a drop of rain (atleast since the record keeping began)

Where did that lake come from then? :lol:

I'd guess that pictures from higher up on the altiplano rather than the desert proper hich does get some rain/snow.

Where did that lake come from then? :lol:

I'd guess that pictures from higher up on the altiplano rather than the desert proper hich does get some rain/snow.

Very good question.

I looked it up but didn't find much info, other than some thermal lake in this desert and some strange fog phenomena that make tiny puddles in morning.

Maybe some expert or Chileano could explain.

sorry for my english...
In the Chilean Altiplano can rain up to 300mm in specific areas over 4000 meters above sea level, specifically in the summer. This period of rain is known as "Altiplanic winter" or "Bolivian winter". Also the highest mountains of the Andes have ancient glaciers, fed somehow by the altiplanic winter. These are the sources of water in the driest desert in the world. Anyway, most lakes are salty by evaporation...

Kootwijkerzand, the Netherlands:

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/natuurverslaving/apen03.JPG

http://klaskedejong.web-log.nl/oppad/images/img_4973_kootwijkerzand_1.jpg

Mind you, these are not dunes near the sea but the Kootwijkerzand is a real developing sand plain in the inland.

Atacama desert - Chile

http://i32.tinypic.com/biqws5.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9775/flamencos.jpg

Key Monastery--Spiti Valley, India
cc 4ocima, flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/4ocima/)
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5665/kimonastery.jpg

I think people are mistaking desert for "sand" with alot of these suggestsions, a desert is an area of low rainfall which may or may not be sandy.

Yes, even Antarctica is a desert. When people think desert, most people think dunes, sand, etc.

Where did that lake come from then? :lol:

I'd guess that pictures from higher up on the altiplano rather than the desert proper hich does get some rain/snow.

THATS FOR SURE THAT PICTURE BELONGS 2 THE ANTIPLANO.

THE PERUVIAN COAST SOUTH AMERICA ONE OF MOST DRIEST PLACES ON EARTH.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/Paracas20344.jpg?t=1279675533

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http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/co.jpg?t=1279675738

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/OASIS.jpg?t=1279675768

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/c.jpg?t=1279675795

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/20249363.jpg?t=1279675880

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/P1030331-1.jpg?t=1279675951

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/caleta.jpg?t=1279675986

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/DB_Sand-Dunes.jpg?t=1270930092

Wow

Those are beach dunes in Poland

...

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/ENRIQUEDSALAZARB/DB_Sand-Dunes.jpg?t=1270930092

otherworldly!

The peruvian desert.
http://static.flickr.com/35/64229733_da4f33aa26_o.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/davidkvickery/279419270_642acb1d8d_o.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/davidkvickery/Dsc_0047.jpg?t=1164965072

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/davidkvickery/46959731_348927b819_b.jpg?t=1165301881

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/amnesico/m-2000psobrelaguna4.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/davidkvickery/107261378_a977adf05a_b.jpg?t=1172146702

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f84/davidkvickery/409305757_d1e89c88d9_o.jpg?t=1173612239

I enjoyed looking at each picture in this thread, especially the Algerian ones.

I love pictures about deserts; Peru, my country, has one of the driest in the world, and the landscapes there can be very appealing, such as the last picture. Desert and sea? How not to like that blend?

Thar desert India

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/19raj3.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/22sam_sanddunes_jaisalmer1.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/12sld_jaisalmer.jpg

HIGH ALTITUDE DESERT LADAKH

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/17slid2.jpg

cold desert India

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/19travel1.jpg

thorny desert, India

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/JT17M.jpg

highest desert in the world, Nubra valley

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/diskitsanddunes.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/diskitsanddunesnubra.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/IND01_DSC_73212.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/rivesindesert.jpg

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy295/soumodeep1989/India-desert/IND01_DSC_73162.jpg

more photos of Lençóis Maranhenses

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3859869702_e40981a2db_b.jpg


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/248186704_d9e35dfe16_b.jpg



Great photos!

Lençóis Maranhenses is the only "desert" in the whole world that has thousands of small lakes spreading between the sand dunes!

Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/279966112_2adbd0f2e3_b.jpg
Alex & Gerad

( The Racetrack ) Death Valley, California, USA


Sailing Stones
The sailing stones are a geological phenomenon found in the Racetrack. The stones slowly move across the surface of the playa, leaving a track as they go, without human or animal intervention. They have never been seen or filmed in motion. Racetrack stones only move once every two or three years and most tracks last for three or four years. Stones with rough bottoms leave straight striated tracks while those with smooth bottoms wander. Stones sometimes turn over, exposing another edge to the ground and leaving a different-sized track in the stone's wake.
The sailing stones are most likely moved by strong winter winds, reaching 90 mph, once it has rained enough to fill the playa with just enough water to make the clay slippery. The prevailing southwest winds across Racetrack playa blow to northeast. Most of the rock trails are parallel to this direction, lending support to this hypothesis.[1][2]
An alternate hypothesis builds upon the first. As rain water accumulates, strong winds blow thin sheets of water quickly over the relatively flat surface of the playa. A layer of ice forms on the surface as night temperatures fall below freezing. Wind then drives these floating ice sheets, their aggregate inertia providing the necessary force required to move the larger stones. Rock trails would again remain parallel to the southwest winds.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4281126185_d6eb97a07e_b.jpg
Jim Patterson Photography

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Runningrock.jpg/800px-Runningrock.jpg
wikipedia

http://www.livingwilderness.com/patterns/racetrack.jpg
http://www.livingwilderness.com/patterns/racetrack.jpg

The biggest and the most over-looked desert : Antartica

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4888533379_cf58993b16_b.jpg
ountainmadness_seattle

Arches National Park, Utah, USA

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5060913124_3f9b26c02f_b.jpg
caldail

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/5060915750_5960188dc3_b.jpg
caldail

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5060303913_4989257fcb_b.jpg
caldail

http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/double-o-arch-arches.jpg
http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/double-o-arch-arches.jpg

http://www.pulsarmedia.eu/data/media/867/Arches_National_Park_Utah.jpg
http://www.pulsarmedia.eu/data/media/867/Arches_National_Park_Utah.jpg

http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%202/051013-139..jpg

http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/northamerica/images/arches-national-park08.jpg
http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/northamerica/images/arches-national-park08.jpg

Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

http://media.away.com/images/outside/200705/joshua-tree-national-park.jpg
http://media.away.com/images/outside/200705/joshua-tree-national-park.jpg

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles18361.jpg
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles18361.jpg

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2765375096_508dd2871c_b.jpg
anadelmann

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2039283422_a9fb5201d1_b.jpg
Al_HikesAZ

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4204579295_18cf1c0829_b.jpg
Al_HikesAZ

Glen Canyon, Utah, USA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2565/3919919640_431639eee6_b.jpg
Victorciraptor

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2699836888_517c1a5a96_o.jpg
Porchista

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Science/Images/Content/glen-canyon-999420-sw.jpg
National Geographic

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/glen-canyon-national-recreation-area-utah-ut336.jpg
http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/glen-canyon-national-recreation-area-utah-ut336.jpg

Bardenas (semi) desert Spain or Mars.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinzalba/5054693526/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5054693526_09deff2e20_z.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinzalba/5051853675/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5051853675_8f03cb7f91_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinzalba/5051853675/sizes/l/in/photostream/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/3028758714_0491452ece_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinzalba/2981170323/sizes/o/in/set-72157610279569569/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/2981170323_d26c41d66a_o.jpg

THAR-THE GREAT INDIAN DESERT
http://202.83.164.26/wps/wcm/connect/0af0c7804a20d7209ea1ff7aa65a3b37/TharDesert1.jpg?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=0af0c7804a20d7209ea1ff7aa65a3b37

http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/PTGPOD/483126.jpg

http://www.*************/india/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jaisalmer-Tour-By-Palace-on-Wheels.jpg

COLD DESERT OF LADAKH
http://www.kolkatabirds.com/ladakh18mr.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3400484981_4006ff75dc.jpg

http://image02.webshots.com/2/3/37/62/50333762DeFSAQ_fs.jpg

Desert of Algeria.

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6239/immidir9.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/280/algerie3.jpg

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6991/immidir10.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6509/immidir2.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4017/immidir3.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1396/immidir4.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8967/immidir5.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4801/immidir6.jpg

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/6307/immidir7.jpg

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8886/immidir8.jpg

Desert of Algeria.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3352/tasshoggar1.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4791/tasshoggar10.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7334/tasshoggar8.jpg

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/2439/tasshoggar9.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/881/tasshoggar2.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4704/tasshoggar3.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/8894/tasshoggar4.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5807/tasshoggar5.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6255/tasshoggar6.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6791/tasshoggar7.jpg

Great sand sea of Mourzouk,Lybia.

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7070/ergmourzouk.jpg

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9213/gf07.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/8402/gf16.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3013/gf21.jpg

great thread!

A lot of these places aren't desert on this thread. Some aren't even "semi-arid". Some sand or a few dried out trees at a certain point of year does not make a place a desert.

Nice pictures. I really like its. But I think that You have edited some of the photos in photo-shop.

i have never seen a desert sea in my whole life not even in pictures until i have seen this thread , that really looks like a heaven . beautiful pictures cant get away admiring them .

Atacama Desert, Chile

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2887980263_b02410ea38_b.jpg
by evaritchie99 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/30001517@N07/2887980263/in/photostream/)

Llano de Chajnantor Observatory and ALMA 5104 m (16,740 ft)
http://www.nrao.edu/news/newsletters/enews/enews_2_10/images/alma1_lg.jpg

http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/alma/newsletter/2005/almanews4/LlanodeChajnantor_small.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4545/almah.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3172/alma2t.jpg

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4107/4962570380b526c5781ab.jpg
by josefrancisco.salgado (http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefranciscosalgado/4962570380/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

nice pics

Arches National Park:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/64051748_c2c163e0c1_b.jpg
Delicate Arch at Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/molas/64051748/) by Jesse Varner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/molas/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/499748547_2f5b57fa5f_b.jpg
Arches, Utah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmccharles/499748547/) by Rick McCharles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmccharles/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/207/499702744_d5c250c57f_z.jpg?zz=1
Arches, Utah (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmccharles/499702744/) by Rick McCharles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickmccharles/)

Lençóis Maranhenses is so magnificent!!! it blew me away.. :applause: :cheers:

Great photos!

Lençóis Maranhenses is the only "desert" in the whole world that has thousands of small lakes spreading between the sand dunes!

Not only that. The 'Lençóis Maranhenses' is surrounded by a forest, with rivers, waterfalls and a beautiful sea in the background, great for surfing with waves as high. In the dunes is great for a steady wind Kytesurf, wakeboarding, ATV and so on. The rivers are also transparent in the border and it is possible to ride a float in a region in an extremely quiet as if it were a water park only all natural!! On the way the guide takes the vegetation down the river, makes a necklace and puts it in you. It is extraordinary the whole scenario and options. The nearby town has boats, resorts and some structure. Wonder of the gods! Anything seen even in deserts alike! The ponds in the dunes must all shades, green, blue, clear, dark, yellow ....

Only the area of the desert with dunes is twice the area of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city and one of the largest in the world. It's surreal to the extreme and what is better, great for a turistic tour. Absolutely comfortable climate and paradise.

Enter the Sheets which means 'Lençóis Maranhenses' thread and you will see!

Here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1379481&highlight=len%E7%F3is+maranhenses

Mexican deserts

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8100/dsc00364jpg6yy.jpg

http://www.turimexico.com/sonora/sonora.jpg

http://www.camino10.com/Mexico/viaje/Baja-California/01-Cactus-Desierto-Sierra-Gigante-Mexico.jpg

http://www.mexicoenfotos.com/fotos/01-mexico-sonora-desierto-de-altar-12182352232842.jpg

http://rosirene.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/desierto-en-cuatrocienegas1.jpg

http://imagenesdepaisajes.net/images/DesiertoMexico.jpg

http://www.greenpeace.org/mexico/Global/mexico/image/2011/3/Oceanos/oceanos_cabopulmo_aerea-ralphleehopkins.jpg

http://www.escapadores.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Los-Cabos.jpg

http://www.vozindependiente.com/fotos/51-2.jpg


http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/37/e0/3d/dunas-de-yesu.jpg

Wow, amazing photos.

LENÇÓIS MARANHENSES

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6208/6083999161_1f8aaebf86.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/PQAAAKU6sNyFy9slxFpxpASn55k7JfI0ewH9WwvPcjedUTVeE9Hp4BnPvfiyVBdJSgG3qvjU6MQ4T1UpQr5VA1p4jFMAm1T1UIM3pn5P3NXxNplt_qBfA9o-KK6O.jpg

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http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6197/6084001655_8fb44c45e7_m.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/PAAAAJ0lboWYf55Q1IbIVomv5vC4joZjCoOP3Q7pQx-pt_MZ98NrlB3gVgSlpjcmqn1bcfwy1DE5gwhBYae8QLi5HssAm1T1UA9dtg2-Aa8FnU6K8PKmGKbfFkdb.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/PQAAAAadxeraHPNUSnQmZicMxU6zPWBLDTs9XUrogcbWBOnlq1jv8CKqobPpKZFgTN38AJn__iGl_1f8plWIcylouygAm1T1UCBah_MltcuyvxAKKRC1zVep7QYq.jpg

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http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/PQAAAHyiGsBDhqBp5xuhtvcp3wH7c4GA4tgl2K2iFph7Vmt4XW1EXYLVsepb2JE4N4EUsUxDbq2nnZoXxsCrfbQcSsAAm1T1UBK3v96nMF0Rg8QlI0C2R0Wxad-n.jpg

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Fantastic photos....:cheers2:

Beautiful.

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Wow!......:okay: