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Silicate Beach
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You are looking on a close up of the most probably finest beach of the world. It's name is Whitehaven and it is part of the east coast of Whitsunday Island.
Whithaven is a 7 km stretch of white powder consisting of 98% silicate. It is soft like flour and most amazingly it is nice and cool. Even at a very hot day this sand feels cool and you can walk barefoot for hours. Be very carefull with your camera.
This stuff will move into everything if it is not properly sealed.
From Wikipedia:
Constituents of sand
The most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide), usually in the form of quartz which because of its chemical inertness and considerable hardness is quite resistant to weathering. However, the composition of sand varies according to local rock sources and conditions. The bright white sands found in tropical and subtropical coastal settings are ground-up limestone. Arkose is a sand or sandstone with considerable feldspar content which is derived from the weathering and erosion of a usually nearby granite. Some locations have sands that contain magnetite, chlorite, glauconite, or gypsum. Sands rich in magnetite are dark to black in color, as are sands derived from volcanic basalts. The chlorite-glauconite bearing sands are typically green in color, as are sands derived from basalts (lavas) with a high olivine content. The gypsum sand dunes of the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico are famous for their bright, white color. Sand deposits in some areas contain garnets and other resistant minerals, including some small gemstones. |
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- valy67
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(8733) - [2006-05-06 4:39]
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It looks very nice, I love the effect of shadow and light on this white sand. Must be great to walk on such a beach. Nice details and good composition, well done !
Valérie.
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