Curated Video
California desert blooms spark tourist boom
Rain-fed wildflowers have been sprouting from California's desert sands after lying dormant for years, producing a spectacular display that has been drawing record crowds and traffic jams to tiny towns like Borrego Springs.An estimated...
Curated Video
Government plans to help town hit by world's fastest growing desert
LEADINThe Uzbekistan government is putting measures in place to try to protect an area which is turning into the world's fastest growing desert.The Aral Sea, which once surrounded the port town of Muynak, has been drying up since the...
Curated Video
Government plans to help town hit by world's fastest growing desert
UZBEKISTAN ARAL SEA SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 4:07SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS Muynak, Uzbekistan - 24 March 20171. Close of ship2. Wide of abandoned ships in Aral Sea3. Various of environmentalist Rafat...
Curated Video
Desert camp offers Martian experience
LEADINA desert camp in Jordan is offering tourists a unique experience - to imagine what it might be like to live on Mars. Sun City in Wadi Rum desert is made up of 20 dome tents near where the movie 'The Martian' was filmed in...
Curated Video
Desert camp offers Martian experience
LEADINA desert camp in Jordan is offering tourists a unique experience - to imagine what it might be like to live on Mars. Sun City in Wadi Rum desert is made up of 20 dome tents near where the movie 'The Martian' was filmed in...
Curated Video
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Aerials from Para; analysis of indigenous plight
Brazil on Thursday banned most legal fires for land-clearing for 60 days in an attempt to stop the burning that has devastated parts of the Amazon region.
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Migrant smuggling business adapts, thrives
Since entering office, U.S. President Donald Trump has been moving hard to limit legal and illegal immigration, repeatedly decrying a "crisis" at the border. Images of caravans of thousands of Central American migrants traversing Mexico...
Bridgeman Arts
Test flight of the record-breaking Supermarine Swift in the North African desert, 1953
Clip from "Flight Fighters of the Fifties", a comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. Record breaking Supermarine fighter, The Swift.
Curated Video
Conference on soil erosion; serious problem for China
Beijing, May 27, 2002
1. Exterior of Beijing Friendship Hotel, venue of the 12th International Soil Conservation Conference
2. Wide shot of opening of conference with Chinese vice premier Wen Jiabao and other officials walking onto...
Bridgeman Arts
North African desert wildlife, c.1960
Wildlife in North African desert. New born birds in the nest. Fennec fox, snake, lizard. Tracks of a snake on the sand. Snake fighting with a big lizard. Close up of some plants. Monitor lizard fighting and eaten by a skunk. Clip from...
Curated Video
Brussels Meteorites go under the hammer at Bonhams
1. Wide shot meteorites and fossils on display in auction room at Bonhams auction house in Manhattan
2. Gibeon meteorite with hole, recovered from Kalahari desert in what is now Namibia, estimated to bring between 22,000 US dollars and...
Curated OER
Desert Biome
Desert rocks are sprinkled in a sea of sand, but one day they'll be sand themselves. Watch the effects of wind on the desert biome and entice your students with these breathtaking images.
Curated OER
How Desert Insects, Scorpions and Snakes Survive
A snake and a scorpion face off in this thrilling footage detailing the capture of a nighttime snack. The narrator very clearly describes the process of sound travel, and the suspense is both eerie and captivating!