Archive: 2015 - Through the sandglass

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On the Edge of the Sahara: a guest post by Ann Lingard

At the edge of the Sahara, I stood for a while and watched a dune move. It pushed out its toes, testing the flat ground in front of it; a small trickle of sand...

March 1, 2015 5 min read

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March 2015

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

March 1, 2015 4 min read

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The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders

The book is now available in the UK and the US! I have to say that the publishers, Reaktion Books (and the University of Chicago Press in the US), have done a b...

February 1, 2015 4 min read

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February 2015

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

February 1, 2015 3 min read

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From India to France

Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik and his tribute to those killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, courtesy of Agence France-Presse and Asit Kumar.

January 1, 2015 1 min read

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Guest post: Baltic gold: the amber rush

Danuta Ziętala writes: When you visit the Polish coast you have to take a souvenir: a necklace made of amber, a bracelet made of amber, or other jewellery. Pric...

January 1, 2015 3 min read

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Honeycomb shelters

What, you might reasonably ask, is this image? This is, after all, a blog about topics arenaceous, and folded paper ornaments would, while somewhat seasonal, ha...

January 1, 2015 4 min read

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Robot sand artist

I don’t think Jim Denevan need lose any sleep over possible competition, but this is fun! From New Scientist: No, it’s not alien art. A robotic beach artist has...

January 1, 2015 2 min read

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