Foam stripes and sand ripples
So you might have seen my novel on the formation of sand ripples last week, and the tl;dr: I have a vague idea of how sand ripples form, but it’s…
Tag: sand
Sand ripples. Why do they form in the exact way they do?
It has been bugging me for a while that on days where there isn’t a lot going on in terms of regular wave watching, I often see ripples in the…
Roll waves in the sand dunes? Observing erosion
On our trip to the west coast yesterday, I observed something really cool: Sand roll waves (I think!) in the sand dunes! But before I get to that, this is the…
Traces in the sand
Yes, I am really that fascinated by sand that this is the second post in a week about it. And I still think the picture below looks like the place…
The building of sand banks
The eroding force of moving water can be seen in so many places when you pay attention. For example in a park where I sometimes go for walks, the really…