Small Tracks

This photo taken at Oceano Dunes shows the amazing lines that dunes form as a result of wind. Even slumps in the sand can be seen where sections of the dunes dr...
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This photo taken at Oceano Dunes shows the amazing lines that dunes form as a result of wind. Even slumps in the sand can be seen where sections of the dunes drop away leaving trails. But most interestingly are the 'small tracks' made by a creature that traversed the dunes.

The Oceano Sand Dune area is recognized by scientists, conservationists, government agencies, and the public as the finest, most extensive coastal dunes remaining in California. Most of the material that forms these dunes has been carried down to the ocean by various rivers and creeks, deposited here by ocean currents, and then shaped by the wind into the dunes that are seen today.
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