Californian sand dunes. It all starts with the new color, called California Dune, which Rivian says evokes "the subtle ...

It looks blue because it reflects the color of the sky above ... when the sun reached all the way down to the bottom of the sand dune just before it reached the desert floor.

Dune Part 2 is one of those rare films that garners both critical and popular acclaim. It received rave reviews and it's on course to gross well over $500 million – the kind of success few films have ...

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 ...

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.