NK0833 : It looks like elephant skin but it's sand!

near to Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire, Great Britain

It looks like elephant skin but it's sand!
It looks like elephant skin but it's sand!
This strange and complex pattern covered most of the lower part of Cruden Bay Beach over a distance of a mile or so. It is the result, I think, of a strong off-shore wind blowing fine sand from the dunes across the wet beach as the tide receded.
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2008
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Martyn Gorman   (find more nearby)
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Saturday, 1 March, 2008   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 1 March, 2008
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Beach   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NK 084 338 [100m precision]
WGS84: 57:23.6723N 1:51.7136W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NK 084 338
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