Ferociously‚ the wind tears at the great dunes with its vicissitudinous talons‚ raising beige apparitions from the earth. A tyrannical ball of fire rises from beyond the horizon and the thin‚ misty clouds‚ melting away the last vestiges of the darkness from before and showering its radiant blankets upon everything underneath. From below the uppermost layer of sand pokes the skeleton of a dead thing‚ long sapped of its life force‚ doomed to remain an eerie relic of what once was. Across the golden
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Arches National Park‚ Utah Type your response here: g. Telescope Peak‚ Death Valley National Park‚ California Type your response here: h. basaltic lava columns‚ Zion National Park‚ Utah Type your response here: i. Nogahabara Sand Dunes‚ Koyukuk
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Arabian Oryx The Arabian Oryx is a medium-sized antelope weighing 65 - 75 kg (140 - 170 lb). Prior to its extinction in the wild‚ it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions‚ and the dunes edging sand deserts‚ with a diverse vegetation of trees‚ shrubs‚ herbs‚ and grasses. The Arabian oryx eats mainly grasses. Herbs‚ seedpods‚ fruit‚ fresh growth of trees‚ tubers and roots also form part of its diet. It can go for weeks without drinking
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to grow in the area‚ farmers move on‚ leaving what used to be acres upon acres of trees to be nothing but a dry and empty piece of land. Desertification is the decaying of the Earth’s dryland ecosystems. It is also the advancement of sand dunes on land. Each year‚ close to 30 million acres are lost to desertification and drought‚ that’s about 56 acres per minute. One major cause of desertification is human interaction/humans
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only threatening the multimillion dollar homes in the area‚ but others also believe that the island will eventually become one with the Atlantic Ocean. However‚ in 2005 the Army Corps of Engineers began work on a $75 million dollar project to build a dune the length of the island. To analyze the severity of beach erosion on Long Beach Island‚ the following report compares the conditions to the Grand Strand off the coast of South Carolina. Both areas are experiencing many negative factors‚ which are
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Tsunami Awareness Kit General Tsunami Resources Tsunami Mitigation Strategies Introduction While tsunamis can not be prevented‚ or their destructive effects entirely avoided‚ actions can be taken to mitigate the risks of this hazard‚ thereby reducing the impacts on life‚ physical structures and livelihoods. The first step in mitigating the tsunami hazard and reducing vulnerability is to gain an understanding of the threat and potential effects should a tsunami occur. Some of the more direct
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masterpieces. A mere 30 miles away sprawls Lake Michigan’s Gold Coast‚ perhaps the USA’s most unexpected beach getaway. Some argue that these shores rival Hawaii’s and Southern California’s. Along 300 miles of seemingly endless beaches lie sugar-white dunes‚ wineries‚ antiquing‚ U-pick orchards and berry farms‚ cider houses‚ Hemingway haunts – you can even go surfing. In Michigan! So if you never thought you could head to the Midwest for
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Fox Traveller : Life Mein Ek Baar Trip To Leh 14-23 June – by Road 17-23 June – by Air Ladakh trips in 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • Weekly Air Fixed Departures in June‚ July‚ Aug 14-23 June by Road (Del- Manali- Leh) 17- 23 June by Air (Del- Leh- Del) 21-30 June by Road (Del-Manali-Leh) 24-30 June by Air (Del-Leh-Del) 7-16 Aug by Road (Del-Manali-Leh) 10–16 Aug by Air (Del–Leh–Del) 09-18 Aug by Road (Del-Manali-Leh-) 15-21 Aug by Air (Del-Leh-Del) Bike Trip (11-21July‚ 8-18Aug‚ Del-Manali-Leh)
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amazing wonders of the barren and never-ending desert stretch. Enjoy the touching sunrise at the backdrop of the amazing Hajjar Mountains. Shoot anything and everything from the top with you camera that inspire you from the sunrise‚ red-tinged sand dunes‚ the rugged mountains‚ etc. Share your experience with others by paying for a video tape of the whole
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itself‚ which Deren shrinks down to a manageable size by reducing time through the concept of “tempo and tension.” This can happen through having a person cover large distances in only a few seconds of real time‚ such as Deren running through the dunes‚ or through more staccato cuts in general. Another way Deren does this is the “walk-of-life”-esque sequence where each step Deren takes enters a new type of land altogether – from sand to grass to dirt etc. This extends to her other films as well‚
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