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In the popular imagination, there are the modernists, and there is everyone else, when, in reality, many of the modernists ...
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With a staggering size of more than 400,000sq.km – about twice the size of Great Britain – the GVD is Australia’s largest desert, covering about 5 per cent of the continent. The term “desert” usually ...
Stretching through the vast, empty desert, California’s Highway 62 is one of the loneliest roads in the state. Miles of barren landscapes, abandoned buildings, and eerie silence make this route ...
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge The 34th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, commencing today, introduces a groundbreaking route that showcases the emirate's diverse landscapes and rich cultural heritage.
Gear up for the 34th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge as the FIA/FIM World Rally-Raid Championship returns to the UAE. Witness drivers and riders tackle the towering dunes of the Empty Quarter in this ...
Wikimedia Commons/Famartin US Route 50, aka Highway 50, is called “The Loneliest Road in America.” The “lonely” part refers to the 287-mile stretch that cuts through Nevada. Much of this road is ...
The Lut Desert, in Iran, is the hottest place on the Earth’s surface and the Rub Al Khali, or Empty Quarter – a vast sea of dunes in Arabia – is the largest expanse of sand in the world.
The world's largest continuous sand desert is bigger than France - and is so desolate that it is called The Empty Quarter. Rub’ al Khali is a vast, otherworldly expanse known for its towering ...
The Desolate Wilderness An editorial published annually since 1961: An account of the Pilgrims’ journey to Plymouth in 1620, as recorded by Nathaniel Morton. Share Resize ...
Stunning desert metropolis with mud skyscrapers facing existential threat The impressive 16th-century metropolis was ingeniously conceived to give its defences an advantage against would-be invaders.