In his travel diaries, Marco Polo recounted how he often heard haunting sounds at night as he traveled through the Gobi desert. Now, researchers studying sand dunes in Death Valley National Park and ...
Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in Death Valley National Park in California. Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in ...
Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 -- Avalanching sand from dune faces in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert can trigger loud, rumbling "booming" or short bursts of "burping" sounds -- ...