In Egypt's surreal Farafra White Desert (Sahara el-Beida), a solitary, wind-sculpted chalk rock formation rises dramatically from the rippled sea of pale sand—like an ancient sentinel carved by millennia of desert winds. This striking black-and-white composition captures the otherworldly beauty and stark isolation of one of the planet's most ethereal landscapes, where creamy white inselbergs stand as silent monuments against the endless dunes.