A scrap of desert near Joshua Tree National Park is reimagining the process of death
From afar (or even from just 10 feet away), the patch of land just south of Highway 62 and east of the town of Joshua Tree looks like any other undeveloped parcel of Mojave Desert landscape, dotted ...
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Inside the 'world's oldest desert' where it hasn't rained in 200 million years
The Sahara is often thought of as the driest desert in the world, but there is in fact a desert that is even older and more ...
The worlds oldest desert where it’s not rained in 200m years - not the Sahara
Dead Vlei, a white clay pan situated near the famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, is in fact the world’s oldest desert. Located in ...
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Nature notes | An icon of the Mojave Desert
If there’s any plant that symbolizes the Mojave Desert, it is probably the Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia). This unmistakable ...
5 of the world’s most spectacular desert oases
Isolated in the middle of the desert or atop a remote outcropping, these settlements appear like surreal visions sitting in ...
Extinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Finds
A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...
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The Legacy of Desert Photographer Stephen H. Willard
Early desert photographer Stephen H. Willard's photography captures the beauty of Palm Springs and other areas of the desert Southwest.