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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 HzKelso Dunes at the Mojave Preserve.

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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 HzKelso Dunes at the Mojave Preserve.
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In Deserts And Dunes Across The World, When Conditions Are Just Right, You Can Hear The Sand Scream At 450 Hz

clock-iconMay 29, 2026

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The White Sand Of White Sands National Park Isn’t Sand As You Might Know Itin the foreground, there are white sand dunes; mountains overlook them in the background

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The White Sand Of White Sands National Park Isn’t Sand As You Might Know Itin the foreground, there are white sand dunes; mountains overlook them in the background
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The White Sand Of White Sands National Park Isn’t Sand As You Might Know It

clock-iconApril 29, 2026

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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky

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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Islarge sand dunes against a blue sky
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The Sahara Desert Isn’t As Sandy As You Think It Is

clock-iconMarch 18, 2025
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Ancient Martian Ocean Once Had Sandy Beaches Well Suited To Holiday ResortsThe Zhurong Rover and Tianwen-1 lander as seen by NASA's HiRISE orbiter

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Ancient Martian Ocean Once Had Sandy Beaches Well Suited To Holiday ResortsThe Zhurong Rover and Tianwen-1 lander as seen by NASA's HiRISE orbiter
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Ancient Martian Ocean Once Had Sandy Beaches Well Suited To Holiday Resorts

clock-iconFebruary 25, 2025
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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.

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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From SpaceAn aerial view of Erg Chebbi in southeastern Morocco, not far from the border with Algeria.
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Gigantic "Pyramid Dunes" Of The Sahara Desert Seen From Space

clock-iconNovember 11, 2024
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Rare Star-Shaped Sand Can Be Found On These Japanese Beachesclose up of grains of sand, including star shapes

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Rare Star-Shaped Sand Can Be Found On These Japanese Beachesclose up of grains of sand, including star shapes
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Rare Star-Shaped Sand Can Be Found On These Japanese Beaches

clock-iconJuly 19, 2024
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Why You Really Shouldn’t Dig Holes On The Beachperson's hand sticking out from giant hole in dry sand

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Why You Really Shouldn’t Dig Holes On The Beachperson's hand sticking out from giant hole in dry sand
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Why You Really Shouldn’t Dig Holes On The Beach

clock-iconJuly 10, 2024
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South Australia’s Pink Garnet Beaches Are Probably Courtesy Of An Antarctic MountainThe pink sands on a beach at on a beach in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula are caused by garnet, and the source tells a story

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South Australia’s Pink Garnet Beaches Are Probably Courtesy Of An Antarctic MountainThe pink sands on a beach at on a beach in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula are caused by garnet, and the source tells a story
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South Australia’s Pink Garnet Beaches Are Probably Courtesy Of An Antarctic Mountain

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World's Biggest Sand Battery Could Spell The End Of Oil For One Small TownClose-up hand releasing dropping sand.

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World's Biggest Sand Battery Could Spell The End Of Oil For One Small TownClose-up hand releasing dropping sand.
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World's Biggest Sand Battery Could Spell The End Of Oil For One Small Town

clock-iconMarch 11, 2024
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Is Quicksand Actually As Deadly As Movies Led Us To Believe?Unlucky buried person standing in natural quicksand river, clay sediments, sinking, drowning quick sand, stuck in the soil, trapped and stuck concept.

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Is Quicksand Actually As Deadly As Movies Led Us To Believe?Unlucky buried person standing in natural quicksand river, clay sediments, sinking, drowning quick sand, stuck in the soil, trapped and stuck concept.
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Is Quicksand Actually As Deadly As Movies Led Us To Believe?

clock-iconNovember 14, 2023
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Creatures Of The Sand: What Animals Live In The Desert?camel sitting in the desert at night with Milky Way visible in the sky

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Creatures Of The Sand: What Animals Live In The Desert?camel sitting in the desert at night with Milky Way visible in the sky
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Creatures Of The Sand: What Animals Live In The Desert?

clock-iconOctober 6, 2023
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Mystery As Hundreds More Fairy Circle Sites Found Across The WorldFairy circles, strange circle patterns in a red desert.

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Mystery As Hundreds More Fairy Circle Sites Found Across The WorldFairy circles, strange circle patterns in a red desert.
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Mystery As Hundreds More Fairy Circle Sites Found Across The World

clock-iconSeptember 28, 2023
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What Lies Underneath The Sahara Desert?Red and orange sand dunes of the Saharan desert.

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What Lies Underneath The Sahara Desert?Red and orange sand dunes of the Saharan desert.
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What Lies Underneath The Sahara Desert?

clock-iconSeptember 25, 2023
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Strange Sand That Can Climb Uphill And Up Walls Created By ScientistsA frame from the animation in the article show the material in a slope

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Strange Sand That Can Climb Uphill And Up Walls Created By ScientistsA frame from the animation in the article show the material in a slope
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Strange Sand That Can Climb Uphill And Up Walls Created By Scientists

clock-iconSeptember 22, 2023
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Where Is The Longest Stretch Of Beach In The World?A stretch of Praia do Cassino on a clear blue sky day.

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Where Is The Longest Stretch Of Beach In The World?A stretch of Praia do Cassino on a clear blue sky day.
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Where Is The Longest Stretch Of Beach In The World?

clock-iconSeptember 11, 2023
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