They will stop on the highest sand dune to view the sunset, and continue the journey to the Bedouin campsite in the heart of the desert. |
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A herd of camels strolls past as we pull up at a sand dune for the second night of desert camping. |
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Without such an effort, attempting to improve the situation is like building a house on a sand dune. |
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The helicopter was returning from a successful rescue mission off Helvick Head when it hit a sand dune in thick fog. |
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We had both gotten up early and drove to Jockey's Ridge state park, the largest sand dune on the East Coast. |
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The Kelso sand dune habitat is composed of a continuum of inclines, that vary from flat to steep. |
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The katipo spider is a coastal sand dune specialist, and is mostly found on the dunes of warm sandy beaches. |
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Under these projected changes, there are likely to be significant influences to sand dune areas in the Canadian prairies. |
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On its sand dune, now finds shelter the turtle caretta caretta, which chose Lampedusa as ideal site for the lay. |
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Wind erosion has noticeable effects on agricultural lands and on sand dune areas in many parts of Canada. |
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Satellites provide information on aspects of desertification such as regional sand dune migration and vegetation cover degradation. |
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Nothing is more æsthetic than the sweeping form of a sand dune shaped by the wind. |
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Basin Head harbour is a small estuarine lagoon surrounded by agricultural land to the north and by an extensive sand dune system to the south. |
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The lagoon is surrounded by both agricultural land and an extensive sand dune system. |
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It's a photo that was taken in Niafunké, a sand dune that stretches out like a beach along the Niger River on the road to Timbuktu. |
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There's a narrow water inlet here to the Arcachon Bay with the famous huge sand dune of Pilat on the opposite side. |
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Site 84-4A is located in sandy soil at the base of a sand dune in eolian terrain east of the Mackenzie River and north of Fort Simpson. |
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Because the fish will be waiting in ambush behind the top of the sand dune watching for baitfish or whatever to be washed into their field of view. |
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With success, and really astonished to see us arrive, the villagers installed us on a wonderful orange sand dune, over an oasis. |
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Antelope Canyon is essentially a spectacular petrified sand dune, created by wind, water and sand, presenting a sculptured masterpiece. |
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Spartina has been widely planted for commercial purposes such as coastal protection, sand dune stabilisation and land reclamation. |
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The Ord's Kangaroo Rat is one of several species that rely on active sand dune habitats. |
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Cowles studied sand dune vegetation and developed the concept of plant succession. |
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Most sand dunes in Canada are rated as having a low climatic sensitivity because the changes in vegetation cover are found to have minimal effects on most sand dune activity. |
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This area, which contains sand dune and mixed prairie habitat, is home to 14 species at risk in Canada, including the Burrowing Owl and the Ferruginous Hawk. |
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It buries the object and creates a sand dune. |
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The blue, red and yellow coloured houses built on poles were close to the shore, the river ran in to the sea just in front of the village and a sand dune kept the Pacific Ocean well away. |
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Coniferous forests and heathland are common climax communities for sand dune systems. |
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Wind results in the transportation of fine sediment and the formation of sand dune fields and soils from airborne dust. |
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At the top of the beach is a small remnant sand dune system with the grassy area behind used for boat standing and repairs. |
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Ballyteigue Burrow, located near Duncormick, is one of the finest protected sand dune systems in Ireland. |
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But the sand dune itself is obviously the protagonist. |
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Clonal growth of Lithospermum caroliniense in contrasting sand dune habitats. |
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The Minister was put in mind of a holiday-maker settling into a sand dune. |
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These techniques include beach nourishment and sand dune stabilisation. |
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North of the estuary mouth extend the Sands of Forvie, the most extensive sand dune formation in Europe, which has been shown to have been a Stone Age settlement. |
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Over the years, the sand covered them up, creating a huge sand dune. |
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Tsoar, H. Dynamic processes acting on a longitudinal sand dune. |
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In fact, the xerces blue survived that first wave of habita destruction, only to succumb in the 1940s to continuing development especially of sand dune habitats. |
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