Magnus Larsson

One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune.

Swedish Athlete

Theo Jansen

I think the Netherlands will become one big city at a point. It is inevitable when you live in a country with so many people. You cannot afford to leave nature as it is. Some people believe that the dunes should be left in their original state, but I think it's strange to let things become how they were 500 years ago.

Dutch Artist

P. J. O'Rourke

Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.

American Comedian

Jim Sturgess

As you wake up to sort of Morocco coming to life, and you drive a two hour journey through the desert as the sun is rising over the sand dunes... I saw landscapes and visual stuff that I'll never forget. It was special.

English Actor

Ronda Rousey

That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of loopholes. 'Oh, I'm just going for a walk, up a dune that's 45 degrees, but I'm walking, so it's not a workout.

American Athlete

Lynn Davies

Success in sport is based on you thinking you are doing something to gain that edge, but if I wanted that little bit extra, I would go and run up sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr.

British Athlete

Joe Biden

We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.

American President

Kristin Scott Thomas

There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.

English Actress

Borns

I grew up with a big backyard that led to the sand dunes of Lake Michigan.

American Musician

Robby Gordon

We love to race in the sand dunes in Glamis.

American Driver

Use 'dune' to describe scenes vividly, creating a mental picture of landscapes.

Visual Imagery

'Dune' emphasizes the natural creation of hills by wind, not by water or other means.

Natural Creation

Dunes can range widely in size, from small to large scale structures.

Size Varies

'Dune' may reference obstacles or terrain features in a game's environment.

Gaming Landscape

In games, 'dune' helps convey a sense of realistic or fantasy desert terrain.

Virtual Realism

'Dune' relates to the excitement and challenge in sports like sandboarding.

Sporting Thrill

Use 'dune' to describe adventurous or extreme sport settings.

Adventure Setting

'Dune' reflects the changing nature of landscapes in academic discussions.

Geographical Changes

Dunes play a crucial role in coastal and desert ecosystems and protection.

Ecosystem Importance

 you know sand dune we would get stuck. But the reality is that the rover would sort of float over it. But we were freaked out, for a little while. So, we did some testing. And then we decided to go. But we didn't decide to go all at once. We put a toe in and then put another toe in, we drove up to the top and looked over and then we drove back. Then we said, "Okay, go."

The Curious Life of a...

 Gobi and he told me about this area of the of the Gobi called the body and Juran has the tallest sand dunes in the world but most unusual are the dunes are separated by lakes and that this was really weird like why aren't the lakes filled up with sand to get an area like this what's really tricky physically it was difficult but politically it was

George Steinmetz: Seeing...

 has a big old hump on its back for storing water for those long desert treks, has big, broad feet to help it tromp over sand dunes. So how on earth would one of these guys end up in the High Arctic? Well, scientists have known for a long time, turns out, even before Natalia's discovery,

You have no idea where...

 data are everywhere we can use people's web searches to track flu outbreaks in different places around the world at different times satellite images provide real-time high-resolution image of mangroves and salt marshes and beach dunes globally that we can use to track

Measuring the ocean’s...

 Water slowly moves through its cul-de-sac shape and encounters the world's largest freshwater dunes, many wildlife species, and unique fossilized coral. To the east is Lake Huron, which has the longest shoreline. It's sparsely populated, but heavily forested,

What’s so great about...

 And it always knows where it is on the beach. So it's very simple brain. It says, well, there's the sea, there are dunes, and I'm here. So it's a sort of imagination of the simple world of the beach animal. Thank you.

My creations, a new form...

 this must be the easiest place in the world to get lost i'm in the great sea of sand in the eastern sahara behind me to the south wave upon wave of dunes stretch for hundreds of miles it will be hard to imagine

5 Reasons Ants Are...

 Those observations have revealed a delightfully varied world, with ground fogs, high altitude hazes, possible clouds, canyons, towering mountains, faults, craters, polar caps, glaciers, apparent dune fields,

The journey to Pluto,...

 and piles up the dune gradually moves over time this is pretty typical weather along the coast the island in the background had a great colony of gannets which our guide said we could easily

Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...

 a kind of false catchment. The desert is there, sand dunes, some small field. And this is all big raised platform. You can notice the small holes the water will fall on this catchment,