This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Intense sun and wind make Namibia a dry, dusty place. But once-in-a-decade rainfall transformed it into a green oasis, which I photographed on a 5,600-mile road trip in 2021. With about 17% of the ...
The Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over to central western Namibia, an area surrounding the Namib Naukluft Park, in this image taken on 28 January 2016. The National Park includes part of the Namib – ...
And that's the way it isIs flying really getting worse? Or are these headlines exaggerated? Maryland travelseller law raises questionsThe law will take effect on Oct. 1, joining four other states with ...
A namaqua chameleon snags a tasty beetle larva in the Namib Desert, Namibia. Photograph by Beverly Houwing, Beverly Hills, CA Walking on a sand dune, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia.
The Namib is the oldest desert on Earth, composed of gravel plains and dune fields that have been intact for circa 40 million years. It forms a thin strip along the coast of southwestern Africa ...
Xanthodactylon flammeum lichen (Teloschistaceae, Ascomycota) in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (IMAGE) ...
Seeing America on a seven-month tourDOT secretary Sean Duffy spent the last seven months filming "The Great American Road Trip." Where does he find the time? Take steps to help prevent chargebacksHere ...