when Theophrastus, a disciple of Aristotle, wrote his treatise “On Stones.” But because deserts are inhospitable and sand has scant commercial value, the subdiscipline of dunes had to wait until the 20th century to find a champion. Ralph Bagnold, a Cambridge-educated engineer in the British...
Sahara Desert: Take a camel trek into the dunes, spend a night in a desert camp, and watch the sunrise over the sand.Coastal Retreats: Relax on the beaches of Essaouira and Agadir or explore the picturesque blue city of Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains. 2. Rich Cultural Heritage Overview...
Although they are widespread in modern sandy deserts, star dunes are rarely recognised in the rock record probably due to a lack of suitable sedimentary models. This paper presents a new sedimentary model for the structure of a star dune at Erg Chebbi in Morocco (Sahara Desert) on the basis...
Although they are widespread in modern sandy deserts, star dunes are rarely recognised in the rock record probably due to a lack of suitable sedimentary models. This paper presents a new sedimentary model for the structure of a star dune at Erg Chebbi in Morocco (...
In the last 50 years, the Sahara, in Africa, which accounts for 8 percent of the world’s land area, has grown by more than 250,000 square miles. What are we to make of the correlations between environment and cultural practices? Think of humans as the primates that we are, and it...
The highest dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Monument can exceed the highest dunes in the Great Sahara, extending over 700 feet in height. However, like all sand dunes, they tend to move around in t The Intergalactic Ship Zora is hanging motionless at (5, 1, 10)...
Sahara Desert – The Largest Arid Region in the World Hot Lake – A Hypersaline, Meromictic Lake in Washington Puzzlewood – An Enchanting English Forest Killpecker Sand Dunes – Nature Largest Sandboxes Brazil High Rise Vertical Cemetery The Ancient Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin LEA...
Africa is home to the largest desert on earth (the Sahara) and the highest free-standing mountain in the world (Kilimanjaro). More than 600 new species have been discovered inMadagascarin just the last decade. I’m constantly blown away by how much variety there is in Africa. ...
a没有海浪风暴,船帆只不过是一块破布!---撒哈拉海盗 Does not have the ocean waves storm, the ship's sail is together the rags! ---Sahara pirate[translate] a涂装后处理检查,应该是涂层颜色一致,色泽鲜明,光亮,不起皱皮,不起疙瘩 The painting post-processing inspection, should be the coating color...
This isn’t the Sahara Desert – this is the sand dunes outside of Mui Ne in Southern Vietnam. Pretty damn cool. Limestone mountains that resemble beehives near Ha Giang. This is what the Northern-most point of Vietnam looks like. Impressive, huh? The famous Hai Van Pass. Too lovely!