Winter gales have blown away half a stable dune, removing tonnes of sand

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An dune destroyed by winter winds known as blowout. Tonnes of sand and vegetation will have been blown away to settle downwind and become part of another dune. Recovery of this dune will not be helped by people walking through the gap in the dune top.

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Size: 6016px × 4000px
Location: Aberffraw, Aglesey, Wales, UK,
Photo credit: © Jim Clark / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: aberffraw, anglesey, blow, blowout, coast, damage, dune, erosion, footprint, footprints, grass, marram, mon, path, sand, scour, sky, system, trail, uk, unstable, wales, wind, winter, ynys