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Pacific Grove

United States

California

A mountain landscape at dusk with a house and trees

Sarah McColgan

A vibrant landscape of rippling magenta sand dunes sits under a gradient green and yellow sky.

Alex Stead

Namibia

A barren desert landscape with a cloudy sky

Roger Sieber

A lone yellow flower growing in the desert during the day.

Bekah Wriedt

Rome

Italy

Lazio

An olive tree against a rustic orange wall.

Alexander Sattler

An image of the desert

Kyle Niego

Wearing plaid shirts, jeans, and cowboy hats, two men stand together on a rocky outcrop, gazing out over an expansive, arid landscape beneath a cloudy sky.

Simon Hird

New Zealand

A woman out hiking in the desert on a sunny day

Dylan Moron

Okaukuejo

Oshikoto Region

A hyena chases a herd of antelope across a dusty plain as an oryx and wildebeest watch the hunt unfold in black and white.

Mike Olbinski

A powerful lightning bolt strikes during a dramatic desert thunderstorm over a dirt road lined with saguaro cacti.

Evan Lanier

Egypt

Giza Governorate

The pyramids of Giza under a hazy sky

Bright bolts of lightning strike a mountain range during a dramatic thunderstorm in the desert.

Bret Curry

A road cuts through the desert leading to a mountain range on a cloudy day

Roman De Giuli

A desert filled with golden-colored sand.

Luke Stackpoole

Desert landscape with clear sky

Zachariah Hagy

New Mexico

A woman in a white one-piece dress, white cowboy hat, and black boots is a blur of motion against a desert-like background at night.

Kyrgyzstan

A lone person stands on a hill, dwarfed by the immense and majestic orange badlands glowing in the evening light.

William DeSena

Tire tracks crisscross on white sand during the day

Chris Schmid

A large African elephant with white tusks walks across a dry savanna with rugged mountains in the background.

Flip Twogood

Moab

Utah

A towering orange rock monolith stands in a desert landscape under a bright blue sky, with the 'Hole N' The Rock' landmark in the background.

A view of a desert outdoors at dusk

Emma Kulkarni

Landscape of a desert terrain at sunrise.

Rocky formations in the desert.

Sam Chirnside

Cactus among plants and vegetation in the desert with mountains in the distance under a cloudy sky

Jeet Khagram

Sesriem

Hardap Region

Sunlight shines upon a desert dune

Brad Booth

A person and a dog are sitting together at the top of a dune, watching the view.

Aerial shot of sand dunes in the desert

Layla Sailor

A young woman models a black sequin gown while standing in a rose garden.

Wyatt Clough

Los Angeles

a cactus plant has several blooms on it

Michael Shainblum

A man views the Milky Way just as the sun sets beyond the sandy mountain in the desert.

Sand dunes under a blue sky in the desert during daytime

Saudi Arabia

A woman standing on a desert hill in saudi arabia

A powerful lightning storm illuminates a mountain range in the desert under a dark, cloudy sky.

Ancient ruins of a fortress in the middle of the desert

Arizona

Leafless tree stands in arid hilly terrain while snow covers the distant mountain.

Christian Zajicek

A man and woman are standing together in the desert surrounded by cactus with mountains in the distance

Gabriel Ferrier

An aerial view reveals a lake surrounded by sand dunes, nestled near a big city

Delaney Allen

A joshua tree stands alone in the desert landscape

Korbinian Grad

A full moon hangs in a gray sky above a vast, undulating desert landscape.

Arianna Genghini

Palma

Spain

Balearic Islands

Golden cacti glowing under dramatic evening light.

Mandy Sham

Cacti in a rocky and desert environment against a blue sky.

Nathan Cyprys

A narrow passage between rock formations illuminated by reddish sunlight, creating a mysterious desert atmosphere.

Anastasia Mihaylova

Ukraine

A woman with sandy skin and windblown hair embraces her partner, peering over their shoulder against a brilliant blue sky.

Kelsea Callister

A vibrant red and orange sky from a dramatic sunset or sunrise glows over a large body of water and distant rock formations.

Swakopmund

Erongo Region

A lone woman walks barefoot along the ridge of a vast sand dune during a golden sunset.

Megan Rogers

White Sands

A neutral desert landscape with sand dunes

LeChee

A small pool of water sits nestled within the swirling, striated red sandstone formations of a desert landscape.

Oli Sansom

A barren desert landscape with a clear sky clouds and sparse vegetation

Henry Han

Waikato Region

Rippling desert sands

Xabier Franco

A wrecked airplane with a broken fuselage sits on a black sand beach under a cloudy sky

A man wearing a hat stands on the edge of a rocky cliff, looking out over a vast and hazy canyon landscape.

A woman in a hat stands on a viewpoint overlooking a vast canyon bathed in the warm, golden light of sunset.

A supercell storm engulfs a dusty plain as it moves towards lubbock texas

Desert landscape with sand dunes and ridges

The dramatic, curving crest of a vibrant orange sand dune casts a deep shadow under a hazy, textured sky.

Mickael Samama

A close up of dry hay sticking up in a natural landscape

lightning flashing in the sky in the desert

Maya Beano

Jordan

A large red rock formation rises from the pink sand dunes of a vast desert under a clear blue sky.

Sunblur

Footprints at the top of a sand dune in the atlantis desert south africa

Christian Lathom-Sharp

Two people ride camels across vast, rolling sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, casting long shadows, under a bright blue sky with sparse clouds.

Lela Amparo

Sand in the desert forming a series of hills, seen in daylight.

In the desert, sand forms hills with buildings visible beyond the dunes in the far distance at sunset.

Simon Ribadeneira

Merzouga

Morocco

Drâa-Tafilalet

Camels in the desert.

Hannes Becker

A dune landscape with claylike soil in the outdoors during the day

Landscape of desert reliefs

Tanya Yatsenko

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

A young woman with long, curly auburn hair smiles as she soaks up the warm sunshine against a clear blue sky.

A vast, arid shrubland stretches out under a dramatic, colorful sky filled with clouds during sunset.

Many sand dunes are seen from the air in the desert

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