La Dune du Pilat walks - a photo on Flickriver

The most amazing thing about this huge dune, the 60 million tonnes is walking inland, something between one and three meters a year. These tree photos show the side away from the coast .

For the set go here: www.flickr.com/photos/bigrev/sets/72157623644554656/show/

The Great Dune of Pilat (French: la Dune du Pilat) is the largest sand dune in Europe. It is located in La Teste-de-Buch in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 60 km from Bordeaux.

The dune is about 60,000,000 m³, measuring around 500m wide (from East to West) by 3km long (from North to South). Its height is 107 metres above sea level.

Taken in: France / Aquitaine / La Teste-de-Buch (show map)

Taken on: March 17, 2010

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Dune du Pilat

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Dawn

Time to try

Arcachon

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Nikon D700

Shifting sand

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/5.0, 1/1250 sec, 34mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	34mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
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