[Leica] Monday Misc.

[Philippe]

We have these here, but the steeper slope is facing the land. Sandboarding would only degrade the place faster.

https://www.ladunedupilat-en.com/A-distinctive-feature-of-The-Aquitaine-coastline_a74.html <https://www.ladunedupilat-en.com/A-distinctive-feature-of-The-Aquitaine-coastline_a74.html>

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Philippe



> Le 27 août 2019 à 15:56, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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> Thank you for the comment.   The dunes are on the windward side and tend to
> pull sand from the beach and into the land.   The sandboarders tend to push
> the sand back down.   This activity only happens on bare sand(the movement
> is so large that plants don't get much chance to grow before the dunes move
> over them.
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> The citizens of Oregon are very sensitive to their environment and work
> hard to maintain/ improve the natural side.   Most of the coast is public
> land and is being maintained in a very sustainable fashion.
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> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 12:39 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> Nice. I had never heard of sandboarding before. I am also surprised that
>> you are allowed to use dunes in this manner. It must damage them.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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>> YNWA
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>>> On 25 Aug 2019, at 22:26, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Greetings to all.  Working through the images from the Oregon coast we
>> will
>>> start with life on some sand dunes about midway down from Washington
>>> State.  First is an image of differing priorities:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/differing+priorities.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Literally looking behind me I found this gentleman just ending his run
>> down
>>> the dune:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/sandboard+wipeout.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Moving north almost to Washington State I found this young woman
>> imitating
>>> the waiting posture you find in Africa and India among other places:
>>> 
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Waiting+on+the+beach.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Last, in honor of the Scottish horizons I have been admiring for years,
>>> minus the wind turbines:
>>> 
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/fog+ocean+abstract.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> All the best.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>> 
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