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Georgia Tech Crab Lab: guest post on the art of sidewinding
Over the life of this blog, I have written a number of times on the remarkable and innovative work carried out at Georgia Tech’s Crab Lab, investigations into h...
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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...
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March 2015
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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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...
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Guest post: The 'sandwave' - a homage to Elvis?
John Lackie writes: Last year I had the pleasure of going on a four-day residential field course as part of an Open University geology module (SXG288); one of t...
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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...
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Guest post: a gallery of sand photographers' styles
Kurt Meyer writes: SHOOTING SAND For the last 15 years, on and off, I have been collecting sand. The “off” times resulted from not having an answer to the quest...
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Sand critter guest post: the South Texas sand crab
By Zen Faulkes South Padre Island in Texas has a world-class beach, with lovely fine-grained sand that is wonderful to walk on. The sand grains close up seem to...
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