What I did today

I think I know where yours is, Jeff, but I leave the guessing for someone else unless there are none.

The first half of Monday was spent here:
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Up to 1000' deep and at its narrowest points, 6 m wide. No trails down here and walking through the water was chilly:eek1: Not a good place to be if there's a thunderstorm upstream.

Dave
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11088645#post11088645 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cee
Jeff,

You been working at the VLA lately?

Dave

Nope... nowhere near the VLA. But I see where you were going. These sands aren't nearly so white.

Anybody around here get National Geographic?

Jeff
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11094833#post11094833 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by awcurl
California, in the western Mojave Desert.

Getting warmer, both metaphorically and kinetically. But not quite. Also remember the requirement to name state (or province, region, etc. if outside the U.S.), the name of the location, and the name of the rock/mountain/formation (or in this case, more generically the "feature").

Jeff
 
I'd say you're probably right Art. I was going to guess Great Sand Dunes Nat'l. Monument in CO but I couldn't imagine what work Jeff would be doing there, except maybe the Air Force Academy.

Dave
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11097859#post11097859 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by awcurl
Sand Mountain in western Nevada?

Nope. Although these dunes also "sing." Aside from that and the occasional military jet passing by it's deathly quiet out there.

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Here's another closer view of the feature. To give you some sense of scale, the three dots you see in the middle of the image are my postdoc, one of my Ph.D. students, and a reporter from Geotimes (I was sitting comfortably in the RV when I took this shot :D )

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Jeff
 
Eureka Dunes in Inyo county, California? Close to China Lake, so you'd see USAF activity. If you're there, you're not far from the bristlecone pines, a definate must see!

Dave
 
Oh darn Dave that was my next guess. There aren't that many areas of "singing" sand in a "deathly" quit area. Anyway, just in case your wrong here is my 3rd pick. Kelso Dunes in San Bernardino County, California.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11104300#post11104300 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cee
Eureka Dunes in Inyo county, California? Close to China Lake, so you'd see USAF activity. If you're there, you're not far from the bristlecone pines, a definate must see!

Dave

Ding ding ding ding!

Yep, Eureka Dunes. Recap of the clues:

once you find it, you will know you have found it
The word Eureka translates as "I have found it"

Anybody around here get National Geographic?
The current issue of N.G. has an article on Death Valley National Park (where the dunes are located). The lead photo for the article is of these dunes.

Getting warmer, both metaphorically and kinetically.
Art's guess was physically close and Death Valley is the hottest location in the western hemisphere (although to be fair, this specific location in D.V. is not where the temp records are set).

Although these dunes also "sing."
We've actually heard these dunes booming, and I think they're on record as doing so too.

Aside from that and the occasional military jet passing by it's deathly quiet out there.
Just another "death" reference.

a reporter from Geotimes
There was a story about our research project in this magazine a few months back, but I didn't really think anyone would bother to check that - definitely an indie rag!

So Dave, you're welcome to anything fraggable in my tank. I'm around Saturday, then gone on travel Sunday through Wednesday. Same thing the following week. Sarah can help coordinate if you want to talk with her.

You want to try posting a new one? If this continues, though, we'll have nothing but frags of each other's former colonies in our tanks...

Jeff
 
Jeff:
Surprise me with something when you come out to pick yours up, or tell me what you might be interested in and we can meet half-way and exchange. Or, I can come by your place some day since I've not been out there before. I'll be busy fencing and putting up hay tomorrow, so probably not a good day.

Art, no clue, but once someone else guesses, I may have to visit. It's beautiful and remote, a great combination! How do you like those AC 14ks? I had to dial my ballast down a bit to get the color I wanted out of them.

Dave
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11104580#post11104580 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by awcurl
Ok, here's mine. same rules as before. A great place for tea cold and hot.

Wow. No idea whatsoever!

Jeff
 
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