William (Bill) Armstrong's photos with the keyword: vegetation

drowned trees at the GSH

12 Feb 2025 4 2 24
This image was taken near the line between vegetation and an active dune in the Great Sand Hills, showing trees that have been surrounded by the drifting sand. This image seemed to call for a vertical, rather than the usual horizontal.

life on the edge-GSH

07 Feb 2025 1 16
For vegetation living along the edges of the active dunes of the Great Sand Hills, life is precarious.

transition to the dunes

30 May 2022 2 65
A transition zone in the Great Sand Hills, where the vegetation and the dunes meet. This image was taken in 2007.

a transition line

29 May 2022 2 74
An image showing the transition area where the vegetation ends and the dunes begin , at the Great Sand Hills of Saskatchewan.

a transition line 2

29 May 2022 3 69
The same image of the transition line in the Great Sand Hills, cropped as a vertical.

GSH ripples 2013

06 Dec 2019 84
The rippling lines that were there when I took this may have been entirely different the following day. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2019

GSH hardy vegetation

06 Dec 2019 1 86
The plants that grow on the sand hills have to be tough, and face the possibility of being drowned by shifting sands. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2019