Double Negative, Heizer Michael, Nevada, 1969 © Gianfranco Gorgoni photography

Instant City, Heizer Michael © DR

Franklin Azzi, Sketch of The Sand Castle, Dubaï, 2020

The city, Heizer Michael, Nevada, 1972 © Gianfranco Gorgoni

Franklin Azzi, Sketch of The Sand Castle, Dubaï, 2020

Mirror-Salt Works, Smithson Robert, Chicago, 1976 © DR

Double Negative, Heizer Michael, Nevada, 1970  © Heizer Michael

Neemrana Baoli, forgotten wells, India © Victoria S. Lautman

The Urbub, Ori Scialom Roy Brand Keren Yeala Golan, Venice, 2014 © DR

Mirrors and Shelly Sand, Smithson Robert, 1969-70 © DR

Sans titre © DR

The Sand Castle, Dubaï, 2020 © Franklin Azzi

Cretto, Alberto Burri, 1970 © DR

Satellite images, Dubaï, 1984  © DR

Satellite images, Dubaï, 2016 © DR

Burj Khalifa, Dubaï, in 1991 and 2017 © DR

Bur Dubaï, 1950 © Hamdan ae

Dubaï airport in 1959 © DR

Architecture of Dubaï, John Harris, 1979  © DR

 Architecture of Dubaï, John Harris © DR

World Exhibition site, Dubaï, 2020 © DR

Dunes of Half Desert Road, Dubaï © DR

Deserted sand-covered road, Dubaï © DR

Rub Al Khali Desert © DR

The Sand Castle, Dubaï, 2020 © Franklin Azzi

The Sand Castle, Franklin Azzi, Dubaï, 2020 © Luxigon

Desert dust, Southern Europe, 2020  © Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

Sandstorm in Dubaï, Middle East © DR

Sand installation, Julia Parkinson, 2011 © Julia Parkinson

Extract from the film Il buco, Frammartino Michelangelo, 2021 © DR

Book Journey to the Center of the Earth written by Jules Verne, illustrated by Edouard Riou  © public domain

Book Journey to the Center of the Earth written by Jules Verne, illustrated by Edouard Riou  © public domain

Never the sea retires, Ange Leccia, 2014 © Galerie Almine Rech

 Untitled, Stuart Lippincott  © DR

Untitled  © DR