The Sahara is, perhaps, one of the most mysterious places on the planet. Not only is it the world's largest hot desert, but it's also a place that used to be much different! Around 5,000 years ago ...

Art Wolfe follows the Niger river road to the villages of the cliff-dwelling Dogon people. Mali is more than the Sahara; it is a place where the Niger River flows past some of Africa’s unique ...

Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert A view of lakes caused by heavy rainfall between sand dunes in the desert town of Merzouga, near Rachidia, southeastern ...

It is not unusual for dust from the Sahara to end up in the U.K. and other parts of Europe, according to Nicola Maxey, a spokesperson for the U.K.’s Met Office, the national forecasting agency.

Ordinarily, what happens in the Sahara stays in the Sahara — but recent strong winds have picked up dust by the ton, transporting a grimy layer of sand all the way to the Arctic Circle.