Snow turns sand dunes in Colorado national park into ‘ethereal world.’ See transformation
A unique combination of sand and snow transformed a Colorado national park into an otherworldly winter wonderland, a stunning ...
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Sailing the Dunes
This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...
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There’s a Desert That Freezes: The Strange Climate of the Gobi Desert
Nestled in northern and northwestern China and southern Mongolia, the Gobi Desert is one such anomaly. This expansive and ...
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Are those kidney beans? NASA spots odd formations on Mars
In reality, the legume imposters are frozen sand dunes, which are common on Mars ... according to NASA. "The strange phenomena are just part of the seasonal changes on Mars," the space agency ...
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Researchers study 'complex' sand dune changes
Researchers measure the impact of Storm Lorenzo in 2019 on the dunes at Crantock Experts in coastal processes have found sand dune systems in Cornwall need to be studied individually to project ...
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Search is on for person who illegally drove on Death Valley sand dunes
The incident occurred in late December at Eureka Dunes, the tallest sand dunes in California, the park service announced in a news release. The vehicle or vehicles “caused significant damage to ...
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Are those kidney beans? NASA spots odd formations on Mars
Much like dunes on Earth, Martian dunes migrate as the wind blows away grains of sand from one side of a ... according to NASA. "The strange phenomena are just part of the seasonal changes on ...