Nebraska isn't a top destination, but it boasts world-class stargazing along with ample water activities all tucked into a ...

Discover Wyoming’s Killpecker Sand Dunes near Rock Springs — a vast desert oasis with golden dunes, volcanic towers, and landscapes that feel otherworldly.

New research shows that dry ice blocks, not water or life, may be responsible for the mysterious gullies carved into Mars’ ...

Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.

Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-1982), Vol. 8, No. 6 (December 1969), pp. 874-883 (10 pages) It is suggested that helical roll vortices in the atmosphere are responsible for the formation of the ...

If visiting Colorado in spring, make sure to visit the state's famous "natural beach" which makes for a fun tubing spot in Great Sand Dunes National Park.

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Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is now bigger. That's thanks to the transfer of 9,362 acres of surrounding ranch land, as recently celebrated by Secretary of the Interior Deb ...

A dog walker was “amazed” by this rare phenomenon that appeared on an Aussie beach, and experts say the spectacle would have likely materialised in milliseconds. Sybil Robertson spotted the sprawling ...

On a cold winter day in December 2007, a bulldozer flattened nearly 40 acres (16 hectares) of Inner Mongolia's Tengger Desert. It was the start of a unique experiment: For the first time, scientists ...