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Located in the southeast corner of California, the Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in the state.
Formed by windblown sands of ancient Lake Cahuilla, the dune system extends for more than 40 miles in a band averaging 5 miles wide. Dunes often reach heights of 300 feet above the desert floor, providing outstanding opportunities for recreation. A favorite place for off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, the dunes also offer fabulous scenery, opportunities for solitude, and a home to rare plants and animals.
With most of the off-road action taking place in the recreation area south of Highway 78, the open areas allow all types of vehicle recreation. Limited areas surround the dunes require vehicles to travel on designated routes. Closed areas prohibit motorized vehicle use entirely. Information and maps for all of these areas are available at the ranger stations.
Photo by Eric Coulter, BLM
Sand towers at the Daban depot of the Jitong railway. In October 2004 the shed was still almost entirely steam locomotives and very busy at all hours.
Located in the southeast corner of California, the Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in the state.
Formed by windblown sands of ancient Lake Cahuilla, the dune system extends for more than 40 miles in a band averaging 5 miles wide. Dunes often reach heights of 300 feet above the desert floor, providing outstanding opportunities for recreation. A favorite place for off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, the dunes also offer fabulous scenery, opportunities for solitude, and a home to rare plants and animals.
With most of the off-road action taking place in the recreation area south of Highway 78, the open areas allow all types of vehicle recreation. Limited areas surround the dunes require vehicles to travel on designated routes. Closed areas prohibit motorized vehicle use entirely. Information and maps for all of these areas are available at the ranger stations.
Photo by Eric Coulter, BLM
Critter tracks to? Thanks to Daily Ray of Hope for featuring my Oceano Dunes photo today. Critiques welcome.
My daugther plays with the sand and tries to eat it.
Ma fille joue avec le sable et essaie de le manger.
Taken during low tide at Mothecombe beach during a break in the weather, before it rained again! Taken during low tide at Mothecombe beach during a break in the weather, before it rained again! Utilised a UWA lens at a very low point of view.
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The Namib is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Nama origin and means "vast place". According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. The desert geology consists of sand seas near the coast, while gravel plains and scattered mountain outcrops occur further inland.
A Chessie Geep leads an assortment of CSX power around the S-bend at Mance, which just about straddles the Maryland-Pennsylvania state line, on the descent from Sand Patch to Cumberland. Scanned K200. 12th October 1993. (To see a video of this, buy 'New Horizons USA' from Telerail. End of Advert!)
The Gower peninsular.
The southern coast consists of a series of small, rocky or sandy bays, such as Langland and Three Cliffs, and larger beaches such as Port Eynon, Rhossili and Oxwich Bay.
Leelanau County, Michigan.
Somewhere north of North Bar Lake. Looking south towards the Empire Bluff.
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tokina 12-24
ISO: 100
Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/16
Filter: B+W ND110
Post: Nikon Capture NX2
This one is from our family trip to Arches National Park in Utah last June. Of all the little hikes we went on, our favorite was the Sand Dune Arch. It was an easy stroll to get there and being at the end of the day, the secluded arch was shadowed by its surrounding rock fins leaving the shady sand nice and cool. It was a welcome break from the sweltering heat and we all enjoyed relaxing in the soft sand.
BTW, my Olympus point and shoot literally fell to pieces the day after this photo was taken. If you want the full story on how that happened, you'll have to ask my husband because he was the one operating the camera when it happened. Still, I didn't mourn for too long before I had my new DSLR in hand.
This was my first trip to White Sands National Monument - wow! What an impressive place. I hit it in late afternoon on a cold day in February 2012 but the lighting was perfect - and amazing; none of these photos are PhotoShopped or heavily edited, it is more a study of shadow and light, with an occasional bush tossed in. I'd love to go back here again when I have some more time on my hands.
White Sands is located close to Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Edited ISS060 image of a very long and broad arc of sand in the Sahara Desert. Color/processing variant.
It seems the flowering trees all over the world are beautiful this year.
This is one of my Sand Cherry trees that my brother planted for us a few years ago.
Can you believe these are sand sculptures? I found them today at the Buitenhof in The Hague during my lunch break. (People working with the ministries can borrow a push bike during the day and go places. I've done that loads of times, but it wasn't until today I realised that must be a typical Dutch thing ;-))
The collection of sand sculptures is named “Celebrate Love and Passion”. It is a compilation of the sculptures of Gustav Vigeland, where in the most dignified manner, the lifecycle of the human being is represented, from cradle to grave. “Man's journey from cradle to grave, through happiness and grief, through fantasy, hope and wishes of eternity”.
The people who made these are true artists!
Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
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