1.   He was still counting off the height in hundreds as the Kittyhawk smashed through what would have been the desert floor.

2.   He watched the altimeter unwind and felt his straps grip as the desert floor swung up to face him.

3.   So until it rains, the spadefoot sits immobile in its burrow, an unsuspected living presence beneath the parched desert floor.

4.   An overnight thunderstorm had roused the toads, and they hopped across the desert floor in the false dawn.

5.   At last report he was being held in a shipping container on the desert floor at Camp Rhino.

6.   Autumn and winter rains have given the desert floor a presence it usually lacks.

7.   But the desert floor does not readily absorb large amounts of water due to its sandy soil and a lack of plants.

8.   Cement paths, illuminated by walkway lights, seemed precariously placed on the desert floor.

9.   Every spring, dust storms rage in Asia, picking up tiny pieces of virtually anything left exposed on the desert floor.

10.   Flames billow from the base of the bullet-shaped rocket, sending clouds of sand swirling across the desert floor.