To anyone looking south from Indonesia, Australia looks above all like a big red desert.
Big chains that desert High Streets in favour of larger regional outlets have also played a part in the decline of town centres.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian government has concentrated its development spending in the big cities and on desert-reclamation schemes, while channelling private investment into industry and property in the north.
So now, it's like I have to - my life is like Planters and fruit now, and living right do it, like - it's a big thing being in the desert, too.
This time the Nevada desert will not be big enough, so the attempt will take place over an even larger expanse of flat ground at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape in South Africa, perhaps next year.
"This is a country the size of England -- a big part of it is volcanic desert, glaciers, rivers, lakes -- so if we decide to do it we can control the traffic in such a way that we allow people to enjoy the beauty of the country without being overcrowded, " he says.
The solar thermal power plant business is all about big: Square miles of mirrors in the desert that surround 600-foot-tall towers to generate massive megawatts of electricity for multibillion- dollar price tags.
The "Natural Mojave" galleries simulate flash floods and expose the variety of native wildlife that calls this desert home, from Gila monsters to big brown bats.
The Chilean desert's lack of humidity was a big reason for the telescope's placement, 16, 400 feet above sea-level, aiding precision of the scope.
After coming from such a small, harsh place in the desert, Marieme and Zeina are completely fascinated by how big the world really is.
Salaka Djicke is a round-faced, big-boned girl with the wide thighs still fashionable in the desert, an unforgiving terrain that leaves many women without curves.
Big dams power the flashing neon lights of Las Vegas and irrigate golf courses in the Arizona desert.
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