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  1. “Aeolian Bedforms” — Wind-caused ripples in desert sand dunes, Death Valley.

    This is probably the classic notion of what a desert looks like — fields of wind-formed sand dunes stretching into the distance. In truth, such dunes typically cover only a very small fraction of the desert landscape. That’s certainly true in Death Valley National Park, where large, impressive dunes are only found in a handful of locations. We visited one of them on the final morning of our late February trip…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/05/12/ae

    #deathvalley #sand #dunes #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

  2. “The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.

    “By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”

    #sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario

    rewildingmag.com/bringing-grea

  3. “The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.

    “By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”

    #sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario

    rewildingmag.com/bringing-grea

  4. “The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.

    “By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”

    #sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario

    rewildingmag.com/bringing-grea

  5. “The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.

    “By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”

    #sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario

    rewildingmag.com/bringing-grea

  6. 🔴 Mars | Dunes in Crater in Planum Chronium | HiRISE

    ⛏️ Digging in the archives

    ESP_059324_1200, 24 March 2019 🔭

    source: www.uahirise.org/ESP_059324_1...

    Credit: #NASA/ #JPL-Caltech/ #UArizona/ Jackie Branc © CC BY

    #Mars #dunes #crater #PlanumChronium #HiRISE

  7. Wombats under threat from dogs and development
    Do visitors/tourists want to see beaches full of dogs or wombats?

    "Wombats on the town's Back Beach are under threat from human activity, including off-leash pet dogs.... Native animals are increasingly under threat as development speeds up in the regions...We discovered scores and scores of dogs frequenting [burrows]."
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    abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/wom
    #conservation #beaches #dunes #wildlife #councils #dogs #pets #roaming #harm #NSW #dunes #BellingenShire #biodiversity

  8. Good morning and happy #thursday Today’s #beach #dunes photo #comes from a frosty Titchwell, Norfolk this week. It’s even colder today! 🥶❄️