Desert of Maine. This desert was exposed when a 300-acre farm was mismanaged, resulting in massive soil erosion. This erosion reveled desert sands tha

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Desert of Maine. This desert was exposed when a 300-acre farm was mismanaged, resulting in massive soil erosion. This erosion reveled desert sands that had been deposited there by a glacier some 11,000 years ago. The post shows that the sand is 8 metres deep at this point. Photographed in Maine, USA.

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