Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.

The Sahara Desert is on the far eastern edge of Morocco. You can actually see the border of Algeria from your camp! The name of these particular sand dunes is Erg Chebbi. Merzouga is a town right ...

This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these massive structures are likely several centuries old.

But the one place that is definitely the Sahara of your dreams lies at Erg Chebbi, one of Morocco's many ergs, or seas of sand dunes. Lying on the edge of the Sahara, Erg Chebbi is often used for ...

Spending a night or two in a Sahara Desert shelter under the ... his tourists to ride camels through the dunes of Erg Chebbi—one of Morocco’s iconic ergs, or vast seas of wind-blown sand ...

The unusual structures are located in Erg Chebbi. This field of open ... in southwest Morocco along the northwestern edge of the Sahara. The erg is surrounded by flat lowlands but contains ...