desert

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It also marked the first time in Coachella history when the famously sunny desert festival received rain.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The area has long been a centre of agricultural production, with its green fields and bountiful orchards offering a striking contrast to the vast tracts of desert that cover most of the kingdom.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Our planet appears upside down, with the Sahara desert and the Iberian peninsula visible to the left and the eastern portion of South America to the right.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Mars is often portrayed as a dry, lifeless desert, but it is far more active than it appears.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Their exposed layers had as many colors as a magistrate’s robes, from the yellow sand of the desert to the red dirt of the nearby Kashgar plain.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri