Rivers in the sand of time
Bright winter sunlight at a low angle illuminates the scene whilst a lack of scale leaves the interpretation of the image in question. Was this taken from a great height? Are those the remnants of mighty rivers? Or, are these micro-features on the surface of a sand plain, caused by tiny rivulets of water?
Taken on 20
December
2015
Submitted on Feb. 12, 2019
Categories
- Climate: Past, Present & Future (679)
- Cryospheric Sciences (667)
- Geomorphology (1290)
- Hydrological Sciences (636)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (490)
Location
- Europe (3535)
- Northern Europe (828)
- Sweden (76)
- Exact location (12.2594 E, 57.9220 N)
Tags
river, sand, desert, water, orange, scale, rivulet
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Olympus E-P3
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Licence
Credit: Thomas Dowling (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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