Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) sliding across sea ice in journey to breeding colony. Sastrugi in ice formed by wind erosion. Atka Bay, Antarctica. April.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, a wind shaped rock, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Director, Chadden Hunter, standing on wind eroded rock talking on radio to base camp, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Eroded rock on summit of Cul Mor with Suilven mountain in the background, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The mountains of north-west Scotland chart nearly 3 billion...
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sastrugi, wind carved patterns in the snow, on snow covered winter tundra at sunset. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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David Woodfall / Drought affected agricultural land, monsoon wind blowing top soil from fields, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia
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Solvin Zankl / Close to the city of Swakopmund a sand dune is on the move. The landscape of the Namib Dunes is formed by the powerful force of desert winds. These winds gradually push the dunes in a north-westerly d...
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Daniel Gomez / Ball-shaped sandstone formations produced by wind and rain erosion. Ischigualasto NR, W Argentina. South America
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Graham Eaton / Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) tree growing out of joints in carboniferous limestone, Ingleton, Yorkshire, January 2017. The tree has exploited a water enlarged joint or gryke in the limestone pavement...
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Ashley Cooper / The Mesquite flat sand dunes in Death Valley. Death Valley is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain...
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Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006
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Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up due to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006
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Ashley Cooper / Happisburgh on the Norfolk Coast. This section of coast is the fastest eroding point in the UK and speeding up to to global warming induced sea level rise and increased stormy weather. August 2006
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Ashley Cooper / Storm force southerly winds whip up the sea and batter the Orkney mainland coast, with waves crashing over the 80 foot cliffs of Mull Head on Deerness. October 2011
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Ashley Cooper / Victorian promenade shelter destroyed by severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014
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Ashley Cooper / Victorian promenade shelter destroyed by severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014
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Ashley Cooper / Paving slabs which have been ripped up and tossed 30 feet across the street after severe storm, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK. January 2014
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Ashley Cooper / Waves crashing off Parton near Whitehaven during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large...
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Ashley Cooper / Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cli...
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Ashley Cooper / Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cli...
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Ashley Cooper / Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cli...
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Ashley Cooper / Whitehaven harbour during the January 2014 period of storm surge, high tides and storm force winds. The coastline took a battering, damaging the harbour wall and eroding a large section of coastal cli...
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Ashley Cooper / Moorland stream waterfalls blowing uphill in storm force winds, with a walker struggling past, Stoer in Assynt, Scotland, UK, October 2013
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Ashley Cooper / Moorland stream waterfalls blowing uphill in storm force winds, with a walker struggling past, Stoer in Assynt, Scotland, UK, October 2013
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Ingo Arndt / Colourful sedimentary hills eroded by wind and weather, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, September 2009.
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Ingo Arndt / Colourful sedimentary hills eroded by wind and weather, Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA, September 2009.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Honeycomb erosion in sandstone - sometimes called 'Tafoni'. They are caused by the evaporation of salt water - the salt crystals then loosen sandstone particles which are eroded by wind and rain. The...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Formations caused by wind erosion, salt deposits, water and sulfurous vapors in Dallol area, Lake Assale, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Formations caused by wind erosion, salt deposits, water and sulfurous vapors in Dallol area, Lake Assale, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Formations caused by wind erosion, salt deposits, water and sulfurous vapors in Dallol area, Lake Assale. Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Armed soldier in Danakil desert with formations caused by salt deposits, wind erosion, water and sulphurous vapors. Dallol area, Lake Assale, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Formations caused by wind erosion, salt deposits, water and sulfurous vapors in Dallol area of Lake Assale. Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa. November 2014.
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Floris van Breugel / Wind and blowing sand has, over millions of years, carved incredible forms out of the Southwest's sandstone, such as this alcove and double arch. Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, USA
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Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of tractor harvesting crop of Reed (Phragmites australis) on Camargue marshes. Reeds are used to protect the sandy soil from wind erosion. Aigues-Mortes, Camargue, Southern France, August...
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Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of tractor harvesting crop of Reed (Phragmites australis) on Camargue marshes Reeds are used to protect the sandy soil from wind erosion. Aigues-Mortes, Camargue, Southern France, August...
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David Woodfall / Conservation workers from Sefton Borough Council reparing coastal defence, inadvisedly erected to protect reconstructed sand dune after high tide and wind erosion, Merseyside, UK 2012
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David Woodfall / Conservation workers from Sefton Borough Council reparing coastal defence, inadvisedly erected to protect reconstructed sand dune after high tide and wind erosion, Merseyside, UK 2012
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David Woodfall / Reconstructed sand dune, reprofiled by engineering project, experiencing significant erosion by high tides and wind erosion. Sand dune moved from Crosby to Hightown to prevent coastal innundation to...
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David Woodfall / Reconstructed sand dune, reprofiled by engineering project, experiencing significant erosion by high tides and wind erosion. Sand dune moved from Crosby to Hightown to prevent coastal innundation to...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Exposed rock and sastrugi (irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition), Ben More Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, December 2010
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Sastrugi / irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition, on Ben More Coigach in winter, Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, December 2010
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Exposed rock and sastrugi (irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition), Ben More Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, December 2010
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Sastrugi (irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition) on Ben More Coigach in winter, Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, December 2010
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / View of Sgurr an Fhidhleir and Lochan Tuath from Ben More Coigach, with sastrugi (irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition) in foreground, Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotl...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Sastrugi (irregular grooves and shapes in snow caused by wind erosion and deposition) on Ben More Coigach in winter, Coigach, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, December 2010
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Charlie Summers / Eroded hole in sandstone cliff, named 'Ear of the Wind' with tree in foreground. Monument Valley, Arizona, November 2011.
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Charlie Summers / Eroded hole in sandstone cliff, named 'Ear of the Wind' with tree in foreground. Monument Valley, Arizona, November 2011.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, a wind shaped rock, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Ernie Janes / Gate and path buried by drifting sand, Norfolk, UK
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Ernie Janes / Posts for stabilising sand dunes at Holme NNR, Norfolk, UK
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Nick Upton / Sailing yachts rounding veined granite headland smoothed and sculpted by wind, weather and the sea. Campomoro Point, near Propriano, Corsica, France, June 2010.
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Nick Upton / "Porthole" window carved through granite rocks by wind, weather and sea erosion. Campomoro Point, near Propriano, Corsica, France, June 2010.
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Nick Upton / "Porthole" window carved through granite rocks by wind, weather and sea erosion. Campomoro Point, near Propriano, Corsica, France, June 2010.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sastrugi (wind carved patterns in the snow) near Cape Dezhnev in autumn. Uelen, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, 2004.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sastrugi, wind carved patterns in the snow, on snow covered winter tundra. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sastrugi, wind carved patterns in the snow, on snow covered winter tundra. Chukotskiy Peninsula, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.
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Jean E. Roche / Use of dry reed to protect sandy soil from wind erosion, Camargue, France
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Chien Lee / Limestone pinnacles shaped by erosion and wind, slopes of Mount Api in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Solvin Zankl / Close to the city of Swakopmund a sand dune is on the move. The landscape of the Namib Dunes is formed by the powerful force of desert winds. These winds gradually push the dunes in a north-westerly d...
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Albert Lleal / Exposed, wind eroded rocks near San Lorenzo del Flumen, Spain
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Jean E. Roche / Wind and sand erosion on Piemanson beach, Camargue, France
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Tim Fitzharris / Little Missouri River winding through Wind Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
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Tim Fitzharris / Little Missouri River winding through Wind Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China, June 2007. Yardangs are elongate desert landforms formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China, June 2007. Yardangs are elongate desert landforms formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China. June 2007, BBC "Wild China" series. These elongate desert landforms are formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China. June 2007, BBC "Wild China" series. These elongate desert landforms are formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China. June 2007, BBC "Wild China" series. These elongate desert landforms are formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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George Chan / Yardang Geological Park in Gansu Province, North-west China. June 2007, BBC "Wild China" series. These elongate desert landforms are formed by strong, unidirectional, sediment-laden prevailing winds
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Pete Oxford / Person standing on Scullin Monolith, Australian Antarctic Territory, Antarctica December
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Pete Oxford / Ventifacts, wind eroded rock, Scullin Monolith, Australian Antarctic Territory Antarctica
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Jack Dykinga / Ripples on sand dunes with Amargosa Mountains in background, Death Valley National Park, California
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Tim Fitzharris / Wind and rain eroded rock formations called Molly's Castle, Goblin Valley State Park, Utah
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David Welling / Sandstone patterns in rock formations, Colorado Plateau, Utah, USA
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David Kjaer / Devil's Golf Course crystallized salt formation, Death Valley, California, USA
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David Kjaer / Zabriskie Point after sunrise, Death Valley badlands landscape, California, USA
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Patricio Robles Gil / Rock formations, Joshua Tree NP, California, USA
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SINCLAIR STAMMERS / "Onion skin weathering" or weathering on granite rock, Mohave desert, California, USA
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Juergen Freund / Wind eroded broken rocks in Death Valley desert, California, USA
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David Welling / Turret Arch as seen through Window Arch in winter, Arches National Park, Utah, USA
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David Welling / Turret Arch as seen through Window Arch in winter, Arches National Park, Utah, USA
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David Welling / Buckskin sandstone formations at sunrise, Paria Canyon, Utah, USA
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J Foott / Close up detail of wind eroded patterns in Navajo sandstone, Zion NP, Utah, USA
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Owen Newman / Interesting rock formations caused by coastal erosion, Kangaroo Island, Australia.
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Owen Newman / Interesting rock formations caused by coastal erosion, Kangaroo Island, Australia.
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Jason Smalley / Sand dune erosion, Formby, Lancashire, UK, August 1992.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt, with unusual rock formations caused by wind eroding the calcium rich rock.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt. The unusual sculptures are eroded by the wind from the calcium rich rock.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt, with unusual rock formations caused by wind eroding the calcium rich rock.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, Western Desert, Egypt, with rock formations caused by wind erosion.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt, with unusual round rock formations caused by wind eroding the calcium rich rock.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt, with unusual rock formations caused by wind eroding the calcium rich rock.
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Jason Smalley / The White Desert, near Bahariya, Egypt, with unusual rock formations caused by wind eroding the calcium rich rock.
