Heat evaporates moisture in the plant matter beneath the plastic sheet which recondenses on the plastic and runs down to the rock in the center, dripping into the cup or container.
Yes, electronics work in the desert.
No. There is no manna in the desert now.
There are no true nomads in the Chihuahuan Desert.
It's always been the desert
Why not? the desert is just the same as any other place on planet earth. Magnetic compasses work fine in the desert. See the "Where does the magnetic compass not work?" question for some places where they don't work.
I Still Believe in You - The Desert Rose Band song - was created in 1988-10.
Desert
It is still a "desert". It is a city built in the desert. What makes it livable is the fact it is situated on the Ocean (Persian Gulf)
Grounding plates work better in the desert areas because of the vast land.
The evaporation rate of a desert is much greater than the precipitation rate.
The Chihuahuan Desert is the closest to Houston but still about 500 miles away.
The Carcross Desert, a tiny one square mile, is located in the Yukon and is considered to be the smallest desert in the work.