...but I do like colorful sand. I collected sand from the deserts and beaches of eastern and southern Africa--Shela beach on Lama in Kenya, colorful rocky sand from Cape Town, white sand the color of sugar from Cape Vidal, South Africa, etc--and smuggled my collection across every national border in 1 ounce Nalgene bottles. I was reassured by my geologist friend, Meghan, that any microorganisms in the sand would be dead by the time I reached home. Now, I'm home and I can display my sand in glass spice bottles. Here is red sand from Sesreim Dune 45 in Namibia,
and here is yellowish-white sand from Kendwa Rocks, Zanzibar.
...but I do like colorful sand. I collected sand from the deserts and beaches of eastern and southern Africa--Shela beach on Lama in Kenya, colorful rocky sand from Cape Town, white sand the color of sugar from Cape Vidal, South Africa, etc--and smuggled my collection across every national border in 1 ounce Nalgene bottles. I was reassured by my geologist friend, Meghan, that any microorganisms in the sand would be dead by the time I reached home. Now, I'm home and I can display my sand in glass spice bottles. Here is red sand from Sesreim Dune 45 in Namibia,
and here is yellowish-white sand from Kendwa Rocks, Zanzibar.
Did I say that?
ReplyDeleteYup, you said the organisms would likely be dead after a couple of hot months of storage. Not that you supported my overall plan, of course--you're far too ecologically informed to support such an endeavor!
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