This striking false-color image shows massive wind-carved ridges and a "shadowy" patch of sand dunes at the heart of Iran's Lut Desert — one of the most extreme environments on Earth.

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The Lut Desert is at risk of being removed from its World Heritage designation and organizing a cycling tourism rally could serve as a symbolic effort to promote sustainable practices and mitigate ...

Deserts are areas of great landform diversity and distinctiveness. In the past there was a shortage of desert World Heritage nominations. This situation persists, though shows some improvement.

An early form of ice house was built in 400 BC. Located in the Dasht-e Lut desert in Persia, this huge conical stone structure remained cool inside despite the arid weather outside. It was called ...