The Gobi Desert stretches across 500,000 square miles, covering parts of northern China and southern Mongolia. Due to the Gobi’s high elevation and high latitude, it’s a cold desert. And while we tend to think of deserts as endless sand dunes, most of the Gobi’s topography is exposed rock.
Nomads of the Gobi
Today in History
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Room at the top?
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Christmas Eve
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Hoisting a flag for seafarers
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Star Wars Day
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Nha Phu Bay, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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Black History Month
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Autumn in Piedmont
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Every day is Napping Day for this screech owl
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Here s looking at you
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Not your average sandcastle
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Casting a vote for women s history
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The Cordillera de la Sal in the Cordillera Domeyko Range of Chile
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Pride 2022
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World Book Day
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Honoring those who served
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75 years of the United Nations
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Seitan Limania Beach, Crete
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Spring blooms in the Netherlands
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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Dance of the egret
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It’s Endangered Species Day
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Here we honor the women who ve served