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Desert

GS & Co

Lines cover the side of a sand dune

Chad Peacock

A large missile mounted horizontally on a support in an arid landscape, with an overturned car in the background.

Giulio Gröbert

A young lady carrying a backpack, hiking in the bare land during the day.

A field of wind turbines in a desert environment at sunset, highlighting renewable energy generation in an arid landscape.

Alex Stead

Namibia

A car drives on a wide dirt road in the desert

Leah Whitty

Merzouga

Morocco

Drâa-Tafilalet

From a first-person perspective on a camel, the long shadows of a caravan are cast across the vast orange sand dunes of the desert.

Megan Rogers

United States

Arizona

Cactus plants grow in a desert at sunrise.

Alina Nechaeva

An abstract minimalist landscape featuring rolling hills in vibrant shades of magenta and deep red over a textured foreground.

Landscape photography of joshua tree national park at dusk

Pat Halas

White Sands

New Mexico

A detailed close-up shot of wind-swept snow forming ripples and casting long shadows.

Leandro Crespi

An aerial view from an airplane window shows the aircraft's wing soaring over a vast, pink-hued landscape under a deep blue sky.

Brad Booth

A view of a rocky desert area

Washington

A car wheel on a gravel road in a natural landscape

Mike Olbinski

Dark storm clouds pour rain over the desert and lightning illuminates the night sky over mountains

Vijay Sarathy

Sunlight streams into a vast, arid valley nestled between shadowed mountain ranges under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Xavier Autrey Holschneider

Lake Powell

The long shadows of two people and a railing are cast on the orange dirt ground from a high metal structure.

Jana Redweik

Los Angeles

California

A lush desert garden is filled with golden barrel cacti, agave plants, and tall palm trees under a sunny, clear sky.

Aaron Tao

Kenya

Turkana County

A solitary, colorful playground merry-go-round stands in the middle of a vast, sandy plain under a clear blue sky.

Rebecca Newman

Coober Pedy

Australia

South Australia

Two old, rusty trucks are abandoned and partially buried in sand in a desolate desert landscape under a clear blue sky.

Diego Contreras

A man with dark curly hair wearing a black shirt stands in profile against a backdrop of sand dunes and a cloudy blue sky.

Lindsey Kusterman

Alpine lakes between the Rocky Mountains under clear sky.

Skyler Wagoner

A desert region with very low vegetation on a clear day and in the background mountains with a little snow

Lightning and rain falling from storm clouds over mountains in the plains

Joshua Tree

A barefoot woman with dark hair sits peacefully on a large boulder in an arid, rocky landscape.

Joe Hall

Glencoe

United Kingdom

Scotland

A river turning a desert into a arid desert.

Luke Stackpoole

An animal walks gracefully across arid desert terrain showcasing adaptability to harsh conditions

Daniel Johnson

A woman with long hair wearing an ivory sweater and pants in the desert

Two wild white horses graze together in a sun-drenched desert landscape filled with green shrubs and cacti.

Luisa Bravo

A close-up of a golden barrel cactus with bright yellow spines growing in a desert garden setting.

A close-up, abstract view of wavy ripples and patterns on a golden sand dune.

Monica Baddar

A single person dressed in a long, dark blue robe and a head covering stands alone in the middle of a vast desert with small rocks and scrub, looking off toward distant sand dunes and hills under a pale sky.

A jeep with headlights travels through a desert at night with rock formations and buttes in the distance

Page

Cars travel along a desert highway towards a distant mountain range under a dramatic and stormy sky.

Josua Stäbler

Sandy desert seen from above at dusk

An adventurer rappels from a high cliff into a desert canyon between towering red rock formations.

TRU COLLECTIVE

Low vegetation and marks in the sand break the uniformity of a dune illuminated by intense sunlight.

Florian Maas

Indonesia

Bali

A view of some rocks outdoors at night

Steven Clouse

A stop sign in the desert

Man walking near large rock formations in the desert

Thomas Irwin

A serene swimming pool area at a mid-century modern resort is surrounded by tall palm trees with desert mountains in the background.

Kelso

A woman sitting on the desert holding a circular mirror that reflects the sky and the sand pouring from her hand

Delaney Allen

A tree without leaves in a desert landscape

Adam Reynolds

A dirt road in a desert with some vegetation on the sides and a mountain in the background

Nick Brown

Multicolored, eroded badlands and smooth sand dunes create a dramatic desert landscape under a partly cloudy blue sky.

A large cholla cactus glows in the golden light of sunset, set against a vast desert landscape and a dramatic, dark sky.

a man and his dog are walking across sand dunes

A pale blue sky above a shadowy desert landscape

Roger Sieber

Big Bend National Park

Texas

Person rides brown horse in the desert

Igor Zacharov

A container in the desert

Erik Poppen

A solitary person at the top of a dune, leaving footprints in the golden sand.

An aerial view of people walking in a desert

Olivia Van Dyke

Chile

A scenic landscape of brown hills leading to a majestic mountain range under a cloudy sky.

A long, winding road across a large, lush valley, with grass, bushes and ponds.

Sarah Shreves

Some barrel cactus sitting outdoors

Mildura

Victoria

Crack winds through the sandy arid reddish ground during the daytime.

Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove

Iceland

Iceland glacial braided river aerial white

A serene outdoor scene with water and a beautiful horizon

Johno Faherty

A breathtaking view of red rock buttes rising above a green valley is framed by two gnarled tree trunks on a clear day.

Mickael Samama

A sunlit mountain with fog in the top frame

A zebra standing in the desert near a rocky peak

Marko Roth

A woman in a white dress facing a video camera in the desert.

Imlil

Marrakesh-Safi

A vast, arid plain with sparse green scrub leads towards a distant range of snow-capped mountains under a hazy blue sky.

Dylan Moron

Kyrgyzstan

An aerial view of rugged badlands illuminated by the warm, golden light of the setting sun.

Wyatt Clough

A close-up of sharp, spiky green plant leaves being backlit by the warm, golden light of the sun.

Flip Twogood

Hanksville

Utah

A lone orange tent is pitched in a vast desert landscape at the base of a sunlit mesa under a clear blue sky.

Henry Han

Auckland

New Zealand

Desert sand shaped into wind waves.

Ryan Borne

A car driving on a road through the desert

Golden sunlight illuminates a rocky, arid landscape leading to a dramatic mountain range under a cloudy sky.

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