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Late Afternoon in Desert
Photo: Late afternoon light creates shadows among the dunes and ripples of this desert region
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Ergs are vast expanses of sand dunes like this area in Oman. Sometimes they are also called sand seas because the dunes look and act like very slowly moving ocean waves.
Photograph by Sam Abell

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