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Joined: March 17, 2007
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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.
Barchan is a type of dune. Barchan dunes make me happy!
"One cannot live any longer on refrigerators, on politics, on balance-sheets and cross-word puzzles. One cannot live any longer without poetry, colour and love.” From one of the greatest books about the desert and nature in general: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The best book ever written about wind IMHO: Heaven's Breath by Lyall Watson
Barchan dunes (photo source)
Barchan dunes on Mars
Photo w/ annotated wind directions of a megabarchan complex
Various outcomes of what happens when a smaller barchan dune overtakes a larger one
Barchan dunes made from snow
Parabolic & barchan dunes at White Sands National Monument
Other kinds of dunes
Movies of sand dune formation
Diagram of how wind variability and sand supply affect dune type formation
Barchan is a type of dune. Barchan dunes make me happy!
"One cannot live any longer on refrigerators, on politics, on balance-sheets and cross-word puzzles. One cannot live any longer without poetry, colour and love.” From one of the greatest books about the desert and nature in general: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The best book ever written about wind IMHO: Heaven's Breath by Lyall Watson
Barchan dunes (photo source)
Barchan dunes on Mars
Photo w/ annotated wind directions of a megabarchan complex
Various outcomes of what happens when a smaller barchan dune overtakes a larger one
Barchan dunes made from snow
Parabolic & barchan dunes at White Sands National Monument
Other kinds of dunes
Movies of sand dune formation
Diagram of how wind variability and sand supply affect dune type formation
