Most amazing, Murphy said, is the mid-evening sight when the nearly full moon clears the 6,000-foot mountains that ring the valley and the light glistens off minerals and salts on the desert floor.

It's a stark, cold place, but in its summer moments, the Arctic Desert tells of a wilderness ... an impressive sight against ...

At 12,000 feet above sea level, it is the highest city in the world. The indigenous people of this high cold desert have used llama trains for thousands of years to transport the salt harvested in ...

Able to survive extended drought, extreme heat and freezes (the Chihuahuan is considered a "cold desert"), many flower ... the plant can serve as an effective backdrop to other garden specimens ...

APP04-161022 SKARDU: October 16 – A participant approaching towards its target during the "Sarfaranga Cold Desert Rally 2022" in final round at world highest desert Sarfarnga Shigar. APP/ZID ...

Ladakh is commonly referred to as the cold desert of India which is located in the Greater Himalayas. Ladakh and China share borders.