photography - Through the sandglass

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Lying vehicles

It has become a sarcastic proverb that a thing must be true if you saw it in a newspaper. That is the opinion intelligent people have of that lying vehicle in a...

January 1, 2012 9 min read

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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...

January 1, 2012 6 min read

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Sunday Sand Scene

OK, the Paris-Dakar rally is controversial, but this is simply such a spectacular image. [Peru, photo Reuters/Philippe Desmazes]

January 1, 2012 1 min read

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January 2012

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

January 1, 2012 3 min read

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Tom, Dick, Harry, and George - sand and The Great Escape

The plan to dig down to the workshop at the starting point of the tunnel known as Harry, where the wartime fliers began their effort to tunnel beneath the barbe...

January 1, 2012 9 min read

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A selection, a reflection, and a wish for 2012

It’s that time of the year when I, for one, am grateful that the endless reflections in the media on the previous twelve months must come to an end – the events...

December 1, 2011 5 min read

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Playing in the sand box – continuing connections

What do all these images have in common? Well, immediately, it’s quite obvious: they are all 3D models of landscapes. But the thinking, the execution, and the t...

December 1, 2011 4 min read

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Playing with sand - and fire - and tsunamis - and who knows what else?

Sand boxes are for kids (of any age), and, if they are specifically for adults, particularly military ones, they are referred to officially as sand tables (but...

December 1, 2011 7 min read

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December 2011

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

December 1, 2011 4 min read

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Extraordinary women–and a Gobi sand question

For one reason or another, I have been reading The Gobi Desert by Mildred Cable and Francesca French. In the history of exploration and enquiry into far-flung p...

November 1, 2011 6 min read

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Helpful arenaceous Thanksgiving tips

The following are entirely reputable and independent pieces of advice for managing a safe and environmentally benign holiday culinary process: Partially frozen...

November 1, 2011 1 min read

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Nikon’s Small World – and other images

Each year, Nikon holds its Small World microphotography competition and the results can always only be described as stunning. This year is no different – but wi...

November 1, 2011 3 min read