The dancing sands (vid)
Yesterday was hot, about 32 degrees, or well into the nineties in Fahrenheit. As will often happen on the coast of New South Wales at the end of a hot day, a "southerly buster" came roaring up the coast and quickly dropped the temperature to 19.
Often a buster will head north and there isn't much wind following. This time, however, it had a long tail and a turbulent wake and all day today has been wild and woolly. One Sandy Beach phenomenon on windy days is the dancing sands, and I took a short fillum to show the effect which is not easy to describe and harder yet to photograph. The Dancing Sands movie file is about 9.5 megs, public domain, and not for hotlinking, thank you. The stills camera I used doesn't do it justice but I hope you enjoy the waltz.
Tagged: beach, australia, sand, nature, littoral
Often a buster will head north and there isn't much wind following. This time, however, it had a long tail and a turbulent wake and all day today has been wild and woolly. One Sandy Beach phenomenon on windy days is the dancing sands, and I took a short fillum to show the effect which is not easy to describe and harder yet to photograph. The Dancing Sands movie file is about 9.5 megs, public domain, and not for hotlinking, thank you. The stills camera I used doesn't do it justice but I hope you enjoy the waltz.
Tagged: beach, australia, sand, nature, littoral
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