sand dunes
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Moving rapidly through dense pine forests, the blaze spread to the Cap-Ferret peninsula, a popular tourist destination on the Atlantic coast long favoured by wealthy French families and known for sand dunes and oyster shacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The research, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, focuses on ancient sand dunes located in Gale Crater, an area explored by NASA's Curiosity rover.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
They had lain undiscovered beneath sand dunes but were exposed when they were scoured away by strong winds and high tides.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
There was a long curve in the road that led them to an arch of trees that covered the dirt road before it died in a series of low sand dunes near the beach.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
