We ran out of gas in the middle of the desert.
A vast desert lay before us.
It was burning hot in the desert.
We lost sight of Jim in the crowd.
In the desert we were independent of camels.
He drove across the desert.
They ran a pipeline across the desert.
Desertification is progressing in that area.
Burning garbage in the desert.
We discovered an uninhabited, jungle-covered ruin on the way.
The temperature falls drastically at night in the desert.
Deserts receive high levels of insolation.
the desert was edged with sere vegetation