Dune 1 (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dune 1

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Neighboring dunes in the Otindag dune field in northern China can remain stable in what appear to be opposing states -- bare and active sand or stabilized by plant cover -- due to subtle, hyper-local differences.

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Image courtesy of Joe Mason

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