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Video of black sand with fine ripples, close to the ground, with low mounds topped by green grass and misty hills in the background. — Shifting Basaltic Sands Emma Rogers

View down a steep pale sand dune where small figures of people climb up the slope, towards a dense pine forest below with a campsite of caravans, a long path and dead grey trees at the forest edge. — Dune du Pilat and its hinterland Martin Wegmann

Tufts of green and yellow beach grass in pale sand on a flat coastal plain, with a grassy dune at the left, under dark storm clouds with a red glow at the horizon. — Foredunes on Spiekeroog, Germany Stephan Sprinz

Aerial view of a sandy bay curving in an almost perfect semicircle around turquoise water, between two green rocky headlands, with a lagoon behind and deep blue sea to the left. — The Ω shaped Voidokilia beach Athanasios Serafeim

Aerial view looking straight down on a pale sandy beach between grassy dunes crossed by sandy footpaths and clear green sea with dark streaks of seaweed, with two long shadows of people on the sand. — Sunrise at the Baltic sea from above Maria Wetzel

Low sand dune cut back into a steep vertical face, with grass and plant roots hanging over the edge, above a flat sandy beach under a blue sky. — Sand dune eroded by the sea Antonio Jordán

Low view along the foot of a sand dune topped with marram grass, its face a pale crust of hardened sand eroded into ridges and hollows, with a green hill under a blue sky behind. — Dune at the interplay of erosion and stabilization Janina Bösken

Red sandstone cliff with fine steeply inclined layers under flat lying beds, its base covered in green seaweed, above a pebbly beach, with trees on top of the cliff. — Ancient Dune, Modern Cliff Asdfe Dsdfasefds

Grey sandstone outcrop with thin, slanting layers broken into ledges and blocks, half buried among pale rippled sand dunes, with small green shrubs on the left. — Sandstone in dune field Andreas Paul

Black-and-white view of a sand dune crest with smooth wind-sculpted curves, a thin veil of sand lifting off the top, against a streaky cloudy sky. — Saskatchewan Sandhills Martin Brummell

Pale sandy ground scattered with dozens of tiny dark, spiky round remains of dead plants, each only a few millimetres across, with small twigs and grains. — Dead carnivorous plants Antonio Jordán

Close-up of a tiny plant with red bead-like leaves on a thin stem growing in pale sand beside a slender green seedling, with a green pen lying alongside for scale. — Carnivorous plant Antonio Jordán

Open metal soil corer held up horizontally, showing a core of greyish sand with a small pebble, above blurred scrubby ground and a person's jeans and white shoe. — Subsurface soil water repellency Antonio Jordán

Flat shrubland of low grey-green and yellowish bushes stretching to a distant line of trees under a blue sky with a bank of white clouds. — Monte blanco Antonio Jordán

White sand beach with small dunes forming around tufts of marram grass, the sand rippled and piled in drifts behind each tuft, under a blue sky with white clouds and a red signpost far off. — The birth of a dune Chiara Arrighi

Pale grey-green clumps of lichen covering the ground at the edge of a young pine wood, between a bare sandy track in front and reddish pine needle litter under the trees. — Lichen settlers at the edge of the forest Antonio Jordán

View down the sharp crest of a huge sand dune, with three people walking along the knife-edge ridge casting long shadows, and smooth golden slopes falling away on both sides. — Dune ridge perspective Martina Klose

Tall outcrop of orange and cream sandstone with sweeping curved cross-bedding, with three people in winter clothes walking on the sandy floor at its foot. — Fossil Dunes David Tanner

Wide field of sand dunes with curved crests and long shadows, scattered with small tufts of dry grass. A tiny tent, an umbrella and a person sit in the hollow between the dunes, with tracks crossing the sand. — Desert life and landforms in the Gobi desert Jana Eichel

View from above over golden sand dunes with sharp curved crests and deep shadows, with a few tiny colourful tents and figures in a hollow at lower left showing their size. — Star dune in the Gobi desert, Dunhuang, China Jana Eichel

Rippled white gypsum dunes in soft evening light, with a sharp curving crest in front, tufts of yellow grass and shrubs beyond and dark mountains under clouds on the horizon. — Gypsum Dunes Robert Wills

Large pale sand dune climbing a pine-covered hill beside a curved beach with white surf, seen across green fields with grazing cows, a road and scattered houses. — Dunes from Tarifa Antonio Jordán

Rippled sand flat with shallow pools of blue water under a bright starburst sun in a cloudless deep blue sky, with low dunes on the horizon. — Shining landforms Luigia Brandimarte

Person walking along the sharp crest of a huge sand dune, one side in deep shadow, towards eroded, gullied ridges glowing orange in low sunlight beneath a dark stormy sky, with white salt crusts on the left. — Cordillera de la Sal Martin Mergili

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