When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran is captured in this stunning space wallpaper. The ...

When it rains in Iran’s Dasht-e Lut desert, the ground comes alive with tiny, upside-down crustaceans. By Sabrina Imbler In springtime, when the rain gathers into pools in Iran’s Dasht-e Lut Desert, ...

It has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016, making it an absolute must-visit destination for adventure seekers and nature enthusiasts alike. The harsh desert, also known as ...

When we say a place is “driest,” we generally mean it receives very little precipitation (rain or snow), often much less than ...

Right now, many parts of India are suffering from a terrible heatwave. From the north to the south, people are hoping for monsoon rains to bring some relief. But the weather department says that the ...

You’re looking at a satellite image of the Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran. If you think it looks a bit weird, that’ because it is: it’s widely regarded as the hottest place on Earth. The ...

One of the local officials, during a meeting dedicated to planning South Khorasan’s desert tourism event (Glorious East), highlighted the undervalued capacities that lies within the region. “Desert ...

A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the desert Lut, known as the hottest place on Earth. A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during ...

These destinations have blistering temperatures, but are worth the sweat. Soviet geologists started the fire that burns in the Door to Hell in 1971 after accidentally discovering a cave full of ...

The curving sands in central northern Iran’s salt desert, Dasht-e Kavir, can be seen in this image from the Ikonos-2 satellite. Here, clays and sand soils have a high surface salt content owing to the ...

LONDON, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - What Christian Clot remembers most vividly from his days in Iran's boiling Dasht-e Lut desert was having to stay completely still for 12 hours a day - or ...

A strayed group consisting of some 40 tourists has been saved in Iran's Lut desert (Dasht-e-Lut) in Kerman province, IRNA reported. According to the Red Crescent Society's head of supervision and ...