Blog - Through the sandglass

An artist's impression becomes an astonishing reality

Countless words have been written – appropriately – over the last couple of weeks, in the blogosphere and the international press, about Curiosity. I have littl...

August 1, 2012 3 min read

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Perfecting your sandcastle

Before you head off to the beach, you might want to jot down the equation in the image above. Because this is good news for sandcastle builders. Had you been de...

August 1, 2012 9 min read

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The brass section

I do, on occasion – and to the great distress of anyone within earshot – quite literally blow my own trumpet. Or, to be precise, these days, a flugelhorn. It be...

August 1, 2012 2 min read

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August 2012

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

August 1, 2012 2 min read

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Sand Wars

Apologies for being off-line for a while, but circumstances beyond my control have meant that posting has been a low priority. However, please go to this link f...

September 1, 2012 1 min read

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September 2012

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

September 1, 2012 1 min read

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What is happening to British dunes? The testimony of Eryngium maritimum

It was tempting to make the subject of this entire post the egregious activities of the outstanding American buffoon, Donald Trump (plea to trans-Atlantic reade...

September 1, 2012 11 min read

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A mystery resolved

So what is this? Land-art on the moon? An alien landing pad in the Utah desert? The work of nocturnal new-agers at the beach? The answer of course, is none of t...

October 1, 2012 1 min read

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Earth Science Week: the Big Ideas videos

Earth Science Week: the Big Ideas videos Today marks the end of this year’s Earth Science Week . In the past, I have [summarised and discussed]( https://through...

October 1, 2012 5 min read

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Scooped!

How could I not post this? The activities of our Martian geologist friend continue to amaze, the latest being sand sampling. All images and captions are courtes...

October 1, 2012 6 min read

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October 2012

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

October 1, 2012 4 min read

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Sunday sand food

Living in sand is not easy, and life – animal and vegetable - comes up with all kinds of wonderful solutions for doing so. Perhaps qualifying for one of the mor...

November 1, 2012 2 min read