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But this dune isn't likely to be active anymore -- erosive processes have made the slip face on its far left side appear ragged, and the long shadowed cracks running along the dune's southern side away from the sun are probably caused by permafrost slowly deforming the dune.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Lori Fenton -- Sand Seas of the Solar System SETI Institute 2011
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Pitch your tent in the state's campground, other side of a single dune's lush rise from the sea, then sleep and lose yourself to dreams laid down in brush stroke after brush stroke by master composers.
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It would have taken more than a sharp eye to deter'mine that the shallow rut that now ran the length of the sand dune's crest had been caused by anything other than the wind.
The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004
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From the dune's top he could just see the frigate as a tracery of dark rigging against the eastern sky while inland there was only a feeble and faraway scrap of hazed and flickering light.
Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001
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There was no way of knowing that, and now was not the time to speculate, for Barker had come to the dune's top and pointed the pistol into the shadows.
Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001
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The captain gave no further commands and did not take his eyes from the dune's moonlit crest.
The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996
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The barbarian pulled at his mount's reins, urging the camel up the dune's face until he was at Zelandra's side.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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A hot wind tore sand from the dune's crest and hurled it into the faces of the two men leading the column of camels.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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Two of his men twisted their ankles, but they were safely helped into the dune's cover from where, the wounded men assisted by their comrades, Lassan led his men north.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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He arrived at the foot of the dune's slope without incident.
Devil Crystals of Arret Hal K. Wells
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