Archive: 2013 - Through the sandglass

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Guest post: One Grain of Sand, by Susanne Rieth

“One grain of sand, it is all that remains of my vast empire." This line is from the classic film The Never Ending Story. When the mythical land of Fantasi...

May 1, 2013 4 min read

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Sand on TV in Europe: Le sable : enquête sur une disparition

Sand: an investigation into a disappearance. Shown last night on ARTE, the European culture channel, this superb documentary by Denis Delestrac has already made...

May 1, 2013 2 min read

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The waves roll on - and Breezy Point tries to rebuild

Back in the very early days of this blog, one of the great and rewarding pieces of serendipity was getting to know Larry Deemer, sand aficionado and photographe...

May 1, 2013 3 min read

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May 2013

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

May 1, 2013 1 min read

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Swimming in the sand

If you look at the two photos above, you will notice that the sand has moved – there is something down there……. I have long been fascinated by the sandfish – th...

April 1, 2013 3 min read

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April 2013

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

April 1, 2013 9 min read

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George Steinmetz

This is a glorious, spectacular book. Steinmetz’s images from a paraglider provide a unique view of some of our planet’s most beautiful landscapes, somehow a li...

March 1, 2013 2 min read

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March 2013

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

March 1, 2013 1 min read

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February 2013

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

February 1, 2013 5 min read

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January 2013

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

January 1, 2013 3 min read

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Vandalism is an inadequate word

There is something of a mystery, an historical debate, about who exactly caused the burning of the great Library at Alexandria. There is, however, no mystery ab...

January 1, 2013 3 min read