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Megan Rogers

Death Valley Junction

United States

California

A photographer photographing the desert landscape of the canyons during sunset.

Igor Zacharov

Clumps of plants fill an arid plain bordering the misty mountains on a sunny day.

Kelsea Callister

Utah

A moody landscape captures the vibrant red geological formations of the badlands under a dark, grainy sky at dusk.

Marko Roth

camp fire in the desert at sunset

Diego Contreras

Agua Dulce

A barefoot woman wearing a yellow top and light-colored pants walks through a dry, rocky landscape dotted with green shrubs.

Chris Schmid

Namibia

An image of a hill in the desert

Parker Thornton

Some red stone cliffs and rock out in the middle of a desert area.

Mike O'Hara

Gray clouds covering the top of a desert butte

Flip Twogood

Oljato-Monument Valley

Arizona

A vintage 'Canyonlands Motel' sign with a yellow arrow stands on a dusty roadside in a desert landscape under a clear blue sky.

Brad Booth

Desert sand forming wavy lines during the day.

A lone figure in a red dress stands atop a towering rock formation overlooking a vast, arid landscape of layered hills and valleys.

Manuela Palmberger

Sines

Portugal

Setubal

Aerial view of desert mountains

Jericho Patrick

Indian Springs

Nevada

An adult stands in a desert area at dusk and looks at a UFO tourist site.

Casey McCallister

LeChee

Multicolored layered rocks making a canyon passage

Giulio Gröbert

Animal footprint on dry land is pointed out with a stick.

GS & Co

A vintage roadster and a person in the middle of the desert with mountains in the background

Sedona

A person stands on a rock formation silhouetted against a golden sunset, framed by the opening of a dark cave.

Faizal Westcott

A serene landscape of a mountain range with water and a clear sky

Enrique de Caso

Jaipur

India

Rajasthan

A flowing red abstract wave resembling smoke or light trails around the silhouette of a curving sand dune

Colin Cone

Warm morning sunlight bathes the eroded sandstone formations of a remote desert valley in a golden glow.

Patrick Graf

Spain

Canary Islands

An aerial, top-down view of a rugged brown landscape shows intricate patterns and deep shadows across the geological formations.

Korbinian Grad

A tree growing out in the middle of a desert

ThreeSevensStudio

Tarifa

Andalusia

A woman in athletic clothing performs a side plank exercise on the rippled sand dunes of a desert.

Pat Halas

White Sands

New Mexico

A solitary yucca plant with yellow flowers stands alone in the vast white sand desert under a bright blue sky with large fluffy clouds.

Anneka Bunnag

A swimming pool sits next to desert hills on a sunny day.

A mysterious figure draped in a flowing red veil stands in a vast, sunlit desert with dead trees scattered across the sand.

Robin Maeter

Silhouette of a dune against an orange sky at dusk.

Henk Otte

A bus stop partially buried in the sand, with mountains in the background.

Josua Stäbler

An empty sky stretches over a flat horizon and open plains

Rebecca Newman

Coober Pedy

Australia

South Australia

A corrugated metal ring sits in a large pile of sand in a vast, arid landscape under a clear blue sky.

Mike Olbinski

A huge lightning bolt from a turbulent thunderstorm dramatically strikes the earth over a desert town.

Kyler Steele

A desert landscape with rock formations and mountains in the distance

A dramatic bolt of lightning strikes a distant hill during a powerful thunderstorm over a desert landscape.

Sean Scheidt

Joshua Trees grow in the semi arid scrub land near hills on a cloudy day.

Oli Sansom

A barren desert landscape with rocky ground and vegetation under a clear sky

A rugged, rocky hillside covered in sparse desert vegetation slopes down towards an arid landscape under a pale blue sky.

Marfa

Texas

A view of some cactus outdoors

Dylan Moron

Swakopmund

Erongo Region

A lone person stands on beautifully rippled sand dunes in a vast desert during the golden hour.

A complex of highways with multiple viaducts and ramps in a desert landscape.

Seda Tekemen

A lone tree stands in a desert land during daylight.

Autumn Dolhan

several cactus plants are growing in a desert area

Freddie Roach

Melbourne

Victoria

Unique limestone pinnacles rise from the sweeping golden sand dunes of a vast desert under a clear sky.

Xavier Autrey Holschneider

Kanab

A silhouette of a woman carrying a sandboard climbs a steep red sand dune under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Large rock formations rise behind scattered Joshua trees in a dry desert landscape under a clear blue sky.

An immense and ominous storm cloud looms over a mountain range, casting shadows across the desert landscape below.

Luke Stackpoole

Wadi Rum Village

Jordan

Aqaba Governorate

Rock formations and buttes are spread across the desert badlands in saudi arabia

Desert landscape with a solitary bridge spanning a dried riverbed.

The view from a vehicle's dashboard shows a dirt road leading through the wilderness towards mountains under a dark, stormy sky.

Carolin Unrath

Paradores Cañadas del Teide

Canarias

Plants and vegetation grow in the desert with distant mountains

An ancient city in a desert landscape

Lars Borges

Morocco

A silhouetted person drives an all-terrain vehicle across a dusty, arid landscape with distant mountains in the background.

Adam Reynolds

A desert region with some large rocks and it is dawning

Looking down at the ledges of a desert mountainous cavern

A woman in athletic clothing performs a graceful side plank variation on a vast, rippled sand dune in the desert.

Jon Way

A large dead tree lies on its side in the desert landscape

Felipe Neves

A hilly desert with small shrubs and grasses.

Maximillian Nichols

A desert landscape with sand dunes in dubai

René Fietzek

A vintage "Gas Haven" sign advertises the last stop for 200 miles at a remote roadside gas station under a clear blue sky.

Alison Scarpulla

Cactus blooming in a dry landscape with canyons.

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

Simon Ribadeneira

Merzouga

Drâa-Tafilalet

A man leading a caravan of camels through the desert.

Pelle Lannefors

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Vast and rolling orange sand dunes form a serene desert landscape under an overcast sky.

A blonde woman wearing an open black blazer over high-waisted bottoms leans against rocks outdoors and looks directly at the camera in warm light.

Mickael Samama

Rocky mountains in a desert landscape

A natural rock archway in a canyon.

Max Kütz

Shirtless man in white pants climbs sand dune in desert during the daytime

A lightning bolt emerges from a dark storm cloud in the desert accompanied by rain

Michael Kagerer

Saudi Arabia

An aerial view shows layers of smooth, rolling sand dunes glowing with warm orange and brown light in a vast desert.

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