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90-Foot Historic Shipwreck Emerged From Beneath a Sand Dune Near the Caspian Sea, Purpose of the Vessel Remains a Mystery
The ship emerged from a sand dune and took ... "Its emergence near the shoreline in an unexpected coastal location was attributed to wave action, resulting from rising sea levels, which eroded ...
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How I Paraglided Across the Gobi Dunes
Gearing up: For a project to photograph the world’s extreme deserts, I wanted to visit the giant sand dunes in China’s ... and then drove to a town near the edge of the desert to meet our ...
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Why You Haven't Lived Until You've Gone Sand Sledding in the Sand Dunes
Approaching the giant ... sand dunes of Great Sand Dunes National Park will make you feel like you’re on a completely different planet. From a distance, the sand dune field looks like an endless ...
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Aeolian Dune Dynamics and Morphodynamics
Another key area of research has focused on the factors that determine dune height and growth. A global analysis of giant sand dunes revealed that while there is no definitive limit to their size ...
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 photo shows. The phenomenon occurs about once a week in Great Sand Dunes ...