photography - Through the sandglass

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Limulus polyphemus: sand artist and one of nature's wonders

So OK, Jim Denevan is in a different league, but back in May, when the tides were high and the first full moon of the month was rising over Queens, New York, La...

July 1, 2010 8 min read

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Sandfish robotics: the story continues

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote about the remarkable abilities of Scincus scincus, otherwise known as the sandfish, sand skink or sand swimmer. This little S...

July 1, 2010 5 min read

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July 2010

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

July 1, 2010 1 min read

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June 2010

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

June 1, 2010 9 min read

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Weekend break - other sand in the news

Put the words “Louisiana sand berms” (or even simply “sand”) into Google news search, and it’s apparent that the rhetoric around what is now being termed “The G...

June 1, 2010 2 min read

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The Geoblogosphere: a commentary

Curious about the cultural dimensions of the International Geoblogosphere, and with the impression (without much in the way of supporting statistics) that the U...

May 1, 2010 14 min read

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May 2010

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

May 1, 2010 20 min read

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An alarming announcement at Barnes and Noble

I have a habit, more often than not masochistic, of dropping into book stores to see whether my efforts are on the shelves. Wandering around the upper Westside...

April 1, 2010 3 min read

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Larry's beach - and a scale quiz

Just about exactly a year ago, I had the pleasure of posting some of Larry Deemer’s spectacular photographs from his local beach at Breezy Point, Queens, New Yo...

April 1, 2010 3 min read

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Mark Twain the geologist

Mark Twain died one hundred years ago today “The Old Oolitic Silurian” – my father used to periodically quote this to me to illustrate his familiarity with geol...

April 1, 2010 8 min read

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April 2010

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

April 1, 2010 7 min read

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Thoughts on writing a popular science book (3): the tedious but important stuff

Let’s face it, the research and writing are the fun parts of producing a book, and then there’s the other stuff that is much less enjoyable but vital. Here are...

March 1, 2010 9 min read