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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Even nature needs a backup plan…
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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Chicagohenge
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Mitsumata blossoms
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A growing business
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Winter solstice
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Harvest season begins
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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Barracudas at Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed National Park, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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It s Independence Day in Mexico
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Hey, who’s in charge here?
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Bluespotted ribbontail ray
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Grandparents Day
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Great cormorants
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Burchells zebras for International Zebra Day
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Native American Heritage Day
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Celebrating World Water Day
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Arctic fox in Norway
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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