Deserts seem like a lonely place that does not overly love the living, but at the same time a popular place for meditation and purification. Although it's a metaphorical cleansing, now you can actually cleanse yourself in the Mojave Desert in California. A swimming pool is waiting for you in an unknown location. A mirage? No, at least not until May 1, 2015.
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An Estonian photographer came across a very special discovery during one of his trips to distant lands. Antiquated projection equipment and hundreds of wooden chairs, resting serenely on a sunlit hillside in the middle of the vast Sinai desert. Is this a mirage or possibly a cinema "at the end of the world"?
An American artist has turned an abandoned shed in the middle of the Californian desert in the Joshua Tree National Forest into an incredible optical illusion called Lucid Stead.
Imagine sitting on top of a high desert dune, admiring the setting sun, and below you lies a dreamlike desert lagoon surrounded by palm trees. In the middle of the Peruvian desert, there is a piece of paradise hidden, the oasis of Huacachina, where only a few hundred inhabitants live.
Along the shores of the Atlantic Ocean lies the vast and magnificent Namibia, which is perfect for travelers who love the excesses of nature. Here the mountains turn apricot, home to the Bushmen, the Kalahari desert, the ghost town of Kolmanskop, wild desert horses and the hilly sand landscape of the Namib desert in changing colours.
Phillip K. Smith's installation creates the illusion of transparency of a desert house.