Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: sand

No doubt the beach at Villa Joyosa is busy in the summer but on a warm sunny winter’s day it is a very pleasant place for a stroll (with a dog or not!). HBM to everyone. Enjoy the day.

Grains on grain. Wind-blown sand slowly overtakes the weathered beach boardwalk.

We took an early morning Pilatus flight from Hassi Massouad to the Lasmo-operated El Ouar drilling permit, in south-central Algeria, 200km southeast of Hassi Massouad & approx. 800 km southeast of Algiers. Lots of sand dunes in the Sahara! I love the sharp line contrast between brightness and darkness at this time of day. A freeze frame from my video.

Waiting to board a Pilatus in the Sahara desert south of Hassi Massouad. We were en route to a seismic crew shooting a survey in the Lasmo-operated El Ouar drilling permit, Algeria. It was pretty cramped for the first stage of the journey from Hassi with a full complement of passengers in the small aircraft but after dropping off most of them at this wellsite the two of us flying on to El Ouar could spread out. It was said that El Ouar meant "the worst" in Arabic referring to the the sand dunes being the most impassable. They had a relief of up to 1000ft and were so dense that it was impossible to drive/walk around them. This meant some serious climbing was needed to progress through the area. While the dunes gradually increase in size & density from the north to the south the dune belt stops very abruptly along a southwest-northeast line. I have flown over the area since on the way to West Africa & from 30,000ft this change from sand to rocky desert is very clear & hence it is easy to locate yourself.