Keep Following the Water
These meandering lines belong to « Petit Nice » Beach, at the feet of the Dune of Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe and its 60 million cubic meters. Caused by the ebbing tide, these features exhibit characteristic drainage patterns of water-carved channels. The striking colour contrast is caused by the presence of a compacted peat layer. These flows are reminiscent, on a whole different scale, of satellite photographs from ancient dendritic outflow channels the martian surface.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Cedric Gillmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
1.9 MB
Aspect
80:53
Width
1600 px
Height
1060 px
Coordinates
44.5762, -1.2241
Tint
Yellowish gray
Submitted
15 February 2019
Taken
October 2018
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