Dune Part 2 is one of those rare films that garners both critical and popular acclaim. It received rave reviews and it's on ...

hosts bright orange-colored sand that is a result of the area’s orange limestone, crushed shells, and volcanic deposits. While you’re there, head to the 65-foot high sand dunes behind the beach.

Californian sand dunes. It all starts with the new color, called California Dune, which Rivian says evokes "the subtle natural undertones of the desert dunes with calming, earthy tones that offer ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...