Beerball Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/man-eating-sand-dune-stumps-experts/story-fn5fsgyc-1227139624546
Jim in Anchorage Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 If he fell into a crevasse I might be able to help. This I dunno.
The Poojer Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 why in the world was he eating sand in the first place???
Nanker Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 "Defies the laws of physics," yeah no kiddin. If he ate all the sand to make that hole how in the heck was he still small enough to fit down it?
Fan in San Diego Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 Having spent a lot of time at the Imperial sand dunes in So. Cal. I have never seen anything quite like that. My guess is that a hole was dug by people to roast turkeys or whatever and the coals or even man made walls left behind created a wind vortex that would swirl the sand around. People do this all the time at the Imperial Sand Dunes. And you get depressions left in the dune similar to that depression in one of the picks.
DC Tom Posted December 1, 2014 Posted December 1, 2014 [Claven] Little-known fact there, Sammy...the mechanics of piles of sand are not well understood, surprisingly enough. It's a reasonably active area of physics research - or was, about 15 years ago. [/Claven]
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 2, 2014 Posted December 2, 2014 Rot! I wonder if it's like tree wells and snow? That's why you don't ski near trees in deep powder, especially near ones with low branches. The tree wells could be deadly! Now obviously with the snow, the tree is sticking up and easy to avoid.
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