March 21, 2017 at 12:03 pm
Northbound: A Skateboard Film Shot on Frozen Sand
Four skaters head north to the cold Norwegian coast, applying their urban skills to a new canvas—frozen sand
Four skaters head north to the cold Norwegian coast, applying their urban skills to a new canvas—frozen sand
In Iquique, Chile lies a 20,000-year-old, 320 m (1,050 ft) tall sand dune that overlooks the city
Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface
Ray Villafane and Sue Beatrice team up to create a jaw-dropping sand sculpture of a chess match between an elephant and a mouse
‘Scratch circles’ occur when strong winds bend stalks of grass, causing them to pivot around their axis, drawing perfect circles in the sand
Watch this guy make a beautiful temporary sand artwork in less than a minute!
No not that kind of beached whale (thankfully)! This is artwork of Jamie Harkins, who draws awesome 3D images into the sand.
Not your traditional ‘castle’ by any stretch. Artworks by Calvin Seibert
Artwork by Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard | Photograph by Sanding Ovations Seen here is the 2014 Sanding Ovations Master Cup 1st Place Winner and People’s Choice Winner, Jonathan (Jobi) Bouchard’s “Love Never Dies” sand sculpture. The 6th annual competition took place from November 19-23, 2014 in the beach town of Treasure Island, Florida. You can…
Photograph by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team In some areas, winds tend to blow in roughly the same general direction all year. The Grand Erg Oriental, a sprawling sea of sand dunes in the Saharan Desert, is not one of them. The winds in northeastern Algeria tend to be complex and changing.…
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