Hacker News with Generative AI: Desert

Guelta (wikipedia.org)
A guelta (Arabic: قلتة, also transliterated qalta or galta) is a pocket of water that forms within rock formations in the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert.
Geography, Water, Desert, Arabic Language
6 points by brendanashworth 183 days ago | 0 comments
Tales of the Yucca Man (2018) (longreads.com)
The desert has its own version of Sasquatch, and it’s just as smelly and hairy.
Folklore, Cryptozoology, Desert, United States
15 points by centrosphere 193 days ago | 4 comments
China completes green belt around Taklamakan Desert (sand-boarding.com)
China has officially completed a 1,900-mile green belt around the Taklamakan Desert, the largest desert in the country and the second-largest shifting desert in the world.
China, Environment, Desert, Geography, Sustainability
193 points by uprootdev 331 days ago | 148 comments
Saudi Arabia's Al-Jawf Desert Region Sees Historic Snowfall (weather.com)
Saudi Arabia, Weather, Climate, Desert, Snow
8 points by neom 359 days ago | 0 comments