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Wyoming's Red Desert

Wild horses enjoy expansive terrain and near-total solitude in Adobe Town.

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The Red Desert’s estimated oil reserves would satisfy U.S. needs for six weeks.

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Endless quiet and solitude rule the Red Desert after the sun sets.

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Wyoming's year-round fireworks sales make for a brilliant nighttime show.

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9,375-square-miles of canyons, hoodoos, mesas, and dunes cover the Red Desert.

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Cheetahs hunted for pronghorns in the Red Desert 13,000 years ago.

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Eons of water erosion have created precariously perched hoodoos.

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The ashen soil, infused with glassy silica, is highly reflective and amplifies the moonlight.

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The nearly waterless Red Desert requires hikers to cache water for their trips.

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The author inspects the remains of a long-dead bighorn sheep.

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At least 65 species of mammals, reptiles, and birds call the Red Desert home.

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In September's "The Red Zone" writer Michael Behar and photographer Mike Sakas join biologist Erik Molvar through America's highest desert. See Sakas's photos of the trip here.
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