Deserts

Contains Rub’al-Khali

Arabian Desert

Largest desert in Asia

Arabian Desert

Bound by Persian Gulf; Gulf of Oman; Gulf of Aden

Arabian Desert

Antofagasta

Atacama Desert

Tarapaca

Atacama Desert

Tamarugal Plateau

Atacama Desert

Loa River

Atacama Desert

Chuqui

Atacama Desert

Iquique

Atacama Desert

Copper mining

Atacama Desert

Saltpeter mining

Atacama Desert

Camanchacas

Atacama Desert

Humboldt Current

Atacama Desert

Rain shadow of Andes Mountains

Atacama Desert

Driest desert

Atacama Desert

Mostly located in Chile

Atacama Desert

Perchlorate concentration compared to Martian soil

Atacama Desert

Chaxa Lagoon

Atacama Desert

Majority of world’s lithium reserves

Atacama Desert

Cerro Armazones mountain

Atacama Desert

Extremely Large Telescope

Atacama Desert

Paranal observatory

Atacama Desert

Very Large Telescope

Atacama Desert

Four components: Antu; Kueyen; Melipal; and Yepun

Atacama Desert

Lomas

Atacama Desert

garúa fog

Atacama Desert

Largest global supply of sodium nitrate

Atacama Desert

European Southern Observatory

Atacama Desert

La Silla

Atacama Desert

South of Altiplano

Atacama Desert

Cordillera Domeyko

Atacama Desert

Chungungo

Atacama Desert

Pacific Coastal Range

Atacama Desert

Greater Khingan Mountains

Gobi Desert

Turquoise Hill

Gobi Desert

Three-North Shelter Forest Program

Gobi Desert

The Green Wall

Gobi Desert

Oyu Tolgoi mine

Gobi Desert

Emin Valley

Gobi Desert

Dzungarian Basin

Gobi Desert

Khulan

Gobi Desert

Przewalski’s horse

Gobi Desert

“Death worm”

Gobi Desert

Bactrian camel

Gobi Desert

Taklamakan Desert to west

Gobi Desert

Ovoo

Gobi Desert

Lop Nur

Gobi Desert

Only bear native to desert

Gobi Desert

Mazaalai bear

Gobi Desert

Asian Dust Phenomenon

Gobi Desert

First discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs

Gobi Desert

Rain shadow of Himalayas

Gobi Desert

Coldest non-polar desert

Gobi Desert

Bosten Lake

Gobi Desert

Nemegt Basin

Gobi Desert

Tian Shan mountains

Gobi Desert

Alashan Plateau

Gobi Desert

Dzeren

Gobi Desert

Flaming Cliffs

Gobi Desert

Mogao Caves

Gobi Desert

Altai Mountains

Gobi Desert

Roy Andrews

Gobi Desert

“On the Trail of Ancient Man”

Gobi Desert

Mu Us Desert

Gobi Desert

Jerboas

Gobi Desert

gerts/yurts

Gobi Desert

Dalanzadgad

Gobi Desert

Dalan Qara

Gobi Desert

Omnogovi Province

Gobi Desert

Khongoryn Els

Gobi Desert

Hexi Corridor

Gobi Desert

Junggar Basin

Gobi Desert

Helan Mountains

Gobi Desert

Tarim Basin

Gobi Desert

Ejin River

Gobi Desert

Ordos Desert

Gobi Desert

Yulduz Valley

Gobi Desert

Marienthal

Kalahari Desert

Ghanzi

Kalahari Desert

Dragon’s Breath Cave

Kalahari Desert

“Great White Place”

Kalahari Desert

Tswana meaning “great thirst”

Kalahari Desert

Makgadikgadi Salt Pan

Kalahari Desert

Native camel horn tree

Kalahari Desert

Native Kiwano/horned melon

Kalahari Desert

Khoisan people

Kalahari Desert

Omiramba

Kalahari Desert

Lake Makgadikgadi

Kalahari Desert

Namesake “bushmen”

Kalahari Desert

Okavango River

Kalahari Desert

Covers Botswana; Namibia; and South Africa

Kalahari Desert

“Man the Hunter” symposium

Kalahari Desert

Origin of “original affluent society” hypothesis

Kalahari Desert

Kudu hunts

Kalahari Desert

Origin of endurance running hypothesis

Kalahari Desert

!kung people

Kalahari Desert

San people

Kalahari Desert

World’s genetically oldest humans

Kalahari Desert

Largest non-subglacial underground lake

Kalahari Desert

Herero people

Kalahari Desert