Contemplating sand

Have a look at a close-up of sand Doctor Gary Greenberg's close-up of sand (see link on the bottom of this page).
Sand can be created by man but the best sand is created by nature itself.
It is possible that man can influence the natural production of sand.
Man does not live long enough to see the result of his influence on the natural production of sand.
There are ways to speed up the natural production of sand.
Man did not have enough technology to speed up the natural production of sand 400 years ago.
The ancient Egyptians and sand. The ancient Egyptians mastered sand like no other people before or after them have done.
Engineers in ancient Egypt had to know about the natural production of sand when it came to calculating the lifetime of the pyramids.
The natural production of sand, i.e. the natural decay of rocks which the ancient Egyptians used for their pyramids, interweaved in their religion. Meaning, they must have known that time and weather, eventually, will turn all rock into sand.
It can be that the natural production of sand did not influence the believe of the ancient Egyptians because it was known to them that the natural formation of sand from rocks would take millions of years.
The ancient Egyptians knew that all rock at some point in time would turn into sand but that they did not bother about it because they knew, according their religion, the pyramid would stand long enough for the deceased king to travel safely into the afterlife.
The aim of the ancient Egyptians was to build a structure, i.e. the pyramid, that would stand for thousands of years. A structure that would stand for thousands of years only has a purpose when the passage to the afterlife also takes that long, one would guess.
It could have been that the ancient Egyptians never wondered about how sand was produced by nature.
It could have been that they knew that it would take the deceased a long time to travel to the afterlife, and because of that, they engineered the pyramids to last for a long time.
Engineers in ancient Egypt were not as much occupied with how long exactly the pyramids would stand, but more with how to keep thieves out of the pyramids and/or simply how to build a pyramid. The latter two alone would require all the effort and experience of the engineers.
It can be they never investigated the natural production of sand since there was no need to do so, i.e. there were tremendous amounts of sand around in the deserts nearby.
The ancient Egyptians were more occupied with beauty then with the timelessness of things. They only wanted to make sure that the beauty they made was durable throughout time in the hot and sunburn environment of the Egyptian desert.
The ancient Egyptian engineers had great respect for their building materials. Sand would be one of those.
The structure of Egyptian desert sand is not so different now than it was in those days, a couple of thousand years ago.
If put under a microscope, it can be said that Egyptian desert sand that is found close to cities show more polluted particles compared to desert sand in ancient Egyptian.
The stones of the pyramids can also be polluted from geological events millions of years ago, up to some extent, like e.g. greenhouse gasses.
Sand that comes from polluted stones of the pyramids contain similar polluted particles as nowadays.
When modern polluted air finds its way into the delicate inside of the pyramid, unexpected things can happen to the interior of the pyramid.
Modern sand contains so much polluted particles that some form of chemical reaction will take place between these particles and the chemicals used in the pyramids by the engineers to protect the deceased's properties.
Sand had purpose to the ancient Egyptians, more than people nowadays can imagine.
The daily use of desert sand for the ordinary people in ancient Egyptian was still of some importance.
Nowadays sand sculptors make beautiful sculptures of sand on beaches throughout the world. The ancient Egyptians also knew about sand sculpting.
Sand sculptures were found in the deceased's tomb.
The interior of the pyramid hallways got their appearance from making using the sand they had in those days.
The ancient Egyptians had a purpose for the sand and rock remainder that came off the walls when sculptors making the hieroglyphs.
When looking at the sand and rock grumbles that came free during the making of the hieroglyphs, it occurred to the Egyptian sculptors and engineers that the pyramids and their hieroglyphs artwork would one day be transformed to sand.
No matter how well the ancient Egyptians build, they knew one day all structures would decay.
They realised that aging and weathering of rock into sand was inevitable no matter how well or how good of an art form they used.
It is because of this well-known knowledge - that all rock would one day have turned into sand - that they studied the natural production of sand, i.e. the weathering and aging of rock.
It is because of the knowledge that came from studying the natural production of sand that they knew that the only way to maximise the lifetime of the hieroglyphs and the pyramids, was to use an as high as possible finish for all the building materials, construction and artwork.
There is something about sand in ancient Egypt that contributed to the high level of architecture and artwork of the ancient Egyptians.
The engineering of the pyramids would have been different if the Egyptian desert was mainly constructed of the type of sand that can be found in Western Europe.
There is a strong difference between the type of sand found in Western Europe and Egyptian desert sand.
From a geological perspective the ancient Egyptians could not have built the pyramids if the Egyptian desert mainly consisted out of sand that is found in Western Europe.
Egyptian desert sand is produced by nature weathering the rocks in the Egyptian desert. Nature always starts with rocks and from rocks sand is made.
Stonehenge would have had much more artwork if the people who build Stonehenge had used the same type of rock the ancient Egyptians used for their pyramids.
In a similar way Stonehenge would have had an equal sharp outline as the pyramids had the same type of rock been used that the ancient Egyptians used for their pyramids.
The sand around Stonehenge is different than the sand in the Egyptian dessert.
The build of Stonehenge is influenced by the type of sand that is found in the area of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge would have looked different when the people who build Stonehenge had Egyptian desert sand at their disposal.
Likewise Stonehenge would have looked also different when the people who build Stonehenge would have lived in ancient Egypt.
The people who build Stonehenge would have built a different structure had they lived on the North Pole.
Ancient Egyptian engineers would have studied the land and in particular the sand around Stonehenge if they were asked to study on the possibility to build a pyramid next to Stonehenge.
Modern mankind can hardly imagine what it would take, or how it is possible, that the ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids.
Egyptian desert sand had a certain importance for ancient Egyptian society.
Sand sculptors can tell what the importance of desert sand was for the ancient Egyptians.
Sand sculptors carefully study the sand to determine what kind of sculptures can be made when using this sand.
Sand sculptors understand the Egyptian craftsmen who constructed the hieroglyphs.
It is not possible for sand sculptors to construct duplicate hieroglyphs when using Western European sand.
Depending on the assignment a sand sculptor will favour Western European sand over Egyptian desert sand.
Some sand sculptures, favoured by today's sand sculptors, have been made with Egyptian desert.
Making a sand sculpture rigid. Good luck.
If the same sand sculpture would be constructed with Egyptian desert sand and one with Western European sand, the quantity of sand needed would differ between the two types of sand when a sand sculptor needs to give each sculpture the same rigidness.
Sand that is produced by nature in a hot environment, such as the desert, comes with different characteristics than sand that is produced by nature in Western Europe.
Positive aspects of Western European sand, sand sculptors know.
No matter where in the world, all sand has common main characteristics that makes that a sand sculptor can create a sand sculpture, no matter where he is.
A sand sculptor can even make a sculpture of sand that is found on the Moon.
The type of sand that is found on the Moon is not found on Earth.
The production of moon sand was done by nature in the same way that it is done here on Earth.
The natural process of sand making on Earth is the only natural process that nature has to produce sand.
The main ingredient for sand production in nature are mountains and wind, so the possibilities that sand can also be found on other planets is very high.
Air itself can influence natural production of sand.
If the air on Earth would have had a slightly different chemical structure, the structure of sand as we know it today would differ a bit from the sand that we know today.
In that case sand sculptors need to have different tools to make sand sculptures.
Mars is a mountainous planet. NASA did find sand on Mars.
When gravity changes the natural production of sand is also influenced.
The natural production of sand takes longer when the gravity on a planet is lower that it is on Earth.
The making of mountains is not so much influenced by gravity. Tectonically forces are simply much bigger than that of gravity.
When the gravity of a planet is less than it is on Earth the growth of a mountain does not take less time than it does on Earth.
If the gravity on a planet is less than it is on Earth the density of the rock, of which a mountain exists, can be less dense.
Diamond is the hardest material found on Earth. The creation of diamonds takes much longer when a planet that has less gravitational forces.
Sand found on a planet with less gravity contains sand that is made from materials that also have less density than e.g. rock found on Earth. Meaning that such sand consists out of particles that are quite soft compared to sand on Earth.
Many different types of sand can be found on Earth.
Amongst all the places where nature produces sand there are places on Earth where gravity plays a role in the production of that sand.
It is possible to work on sand in such a way that a certain softness is gained.
Softness of sand intervenes with the making of a complex sand sculptures.
Sand, that is rougher, is better suited for making complex sand sculptures than sand that is quite soft.
There are types of sand which a sand sculptor can immediately use.
Outstanding sand sculpture sand can be found in the Pacific region.
Sand sculptors can name quite a few characteristics that allow good making of sand sculptures.
Certain sand sculpture making characteristics can be added to any type of sand, if needed.
It is possible to intervene in the natural production of sand, in such a way, that the sand gets the desired sand sculpture characteristics.
It would be too much of a human (mechanical) intervention to use manipulated sand for sand sculptures.
It would show, i.e. that human intervention - the mechanical touch -, when people will see the sand sculpture when it is put on display. It just is not real.
Nowadays the production of sand is not yet influenced by man to give sand a particular characteristic.
It can be said that sand nowadays can be manipulated in almost any way to give the sand its desired characteristics.
Is it possible to give sand a different colour, a different roughness, mix it with other types of sand, mix it with other organic materials, mix it with non-organic materials, alter its structure, etc.
Things that are not possible with sand nowadays are usually also not required.
One of the things man cannot do nowadays is to speed up the natural production of sand.
There are new technologies underway that make it possible to speed up the natural production of sand.
The output of such technology does need to be that sand that is produced with such technology is almost the same as sand that is produced by nature.
Seeing a sand sculpture that is made of pure natural sand and one that is made of artificially produced sand. The pure one will always receive more astonishment and appreciation.
Today there are a lot of computer artists making things that were almost not imaginable fifty or a hundred years ago. Have a look at the art work of Justin Miller.
The moment man can make sand out of rock in an instant is also the moment man can do things with sand we cannot imagine at this moment.
If man can make sand out of rock in an instant then that sand can also be used for creating special artwork.
Instantly made sand be used for military purposes. New technology goes to the army first.
It is imaginable that sand sculptors can make sand sculptures of instantly made sand that cannot be made nowadays.
If man can produce sand instantly it will not be long before the production method of making instant sand is altered to give the sand its desired characteristics.
If man can make instant sand it will not be long before lager parts of mountains will be brought down by large scale usage of that production method.
People will enjoy bringing down a mountain by using its rock for making instant sand. As usual it gives those people a great feeling of power.
In some parts of the world would it be a blessing if mountains could be turned into sand.
In some parts of the world would countries lose their strategic defence if their mountains would be turned into sand.
The amount of sand that can be produced from an average mountain is huge. Real estate companies will flourish.
Sand that would be overproduced by man will be stored in the oceans.
There are types of rock that have energy in them. Meaning energy that can be used by e.g. massage salons.
The use of energetic oils for massage is coming from hundreds of years of human research, generation upon generation.
Modern man, with its mainly on money and power based mind, cannot find good purposes for instantly produced sand other than using it for its own benefits.
One is better; finding a technique to make instant sand out of rock and finding a technique to make instant rock out of sand.
There is a type of human who only consume things and leave the mess and environmental damage for others to clean up.
Techniques to make instant sand out of rock, or vice versa, will make a great gadget.
It Would be a great gadget if key hangers would be sold holding a small device that can turn sand into rock. Such a gadget will be a must-have item for overenthusiastic football fans.
Such a key hanger, that can turn sand into rock and vice versa, would be great to cloak and ship all sorts of drugs.
The technique to turn sand into rock, and vice versa, would be a great for usage with board games. Board games would get a whole new dimension if such a technique would be implemented.
Ruining a board game by implementing such a technique is almost not possible. It is a cool feature.
Such a technique, making instant sand out of rock, and vice versa, can be used to safeguard your car key. Meaning, when you have locked your car you take a bit of sand, put your car key in the heap of sand, take your gadget a turn the sand into rock resulting in your car key being enclosed inside that rock.
It needs to be made sure that the car key is not damaged when the sand is turned into rock and vice versa.
Make sure that if a thousand or more car owners use such a gadget to safeguard their car key, each car key is unique, i.e. that if your neighbour also has such a gadget he cannot unlock your car key from the rock.
Use a unique biological feature of each car owner to give the method of safeguarding their car key inside a rock a steel proof solution.
The gadget should adopt a little DNA of the car owner in its operation to make sure no other similar gadget can crack another car owner's rock that holds a car key.
Sand has a unique footprint, DNA so to say.
There are grains of sand known to be present in sand that can be influenced by e.g. infrared light.
Experiments have already been done on sand to find out what its military purpose can be.
The ancient Egyptians have conducted experiments on sand to get strategic benefits from it.
Certain grains in Egyptian desert sand can be made to glow in de dark.
The ancient Egyptians were also great chemists. They knew how to make sand glow in the dark.
Natural substances were known to the ancient Egyptians that could glow in the dark.
Some of these natural substances were found near places where nature was producing large sand grounds.
The longest of period that this substance can make Egyptian desert sand glow in the dark is about forty minutes.
It is possible that the colour that shines, when the substance glows in the dark, can be changed.
The effect when that substance is used with sand of which its grains are mainly constructed out of crystals, is majestic.
The ancient Egyptians could drill holes in the stones they used to build the pyramids with quite well.
The ancient Egyptians thought of ways to make the pyramids glow in the dark by filling drilled holes with sand that glows in the dark.
If looked at techniques today and our knowledge of sand, we can make sand glow in the dark by heating it.
There are technical ways in which sand can be modified so it will glow in the dark.
Sandpaper can be made to glow when it is not yet worn down.
Sandpaper glowing in the dark, or at least change its colour, as soon as the sanded surface of the material being sanded has reached the desired smoothness
Sand that glows in the dark can be used within satellites.
Is it possible to use such a type of sand on the bodywork of a fighter jet.
Such a type of sand can be used within the inside of the paper that is used to wrap candy in.
Sand that glows in the dark is without exception poisonous to wildlife.
Wildlife can get confused by such a type of sand.
Animals are also confronted with a variety of colours when it is spring. Coloured sand would bring confusion.
Some insects will be confused in their mating behaviour when such a type of sand is among them.
Sand that can glow in the dark. The effect of the sun's infrared light on such a type of sand.
Because the sun does not have the same strength on every location on Earth it can be that such type of sand might react differently to the sun on a particular location.
The same reaction can be reproduced when such sand is exposed to the light of the Moon
Such type of sand that reacts to the light of the sun here on Earth does not guarantee the same behaviour when that type of sand is brought to Mars.
There are minerals on Mars that can reflect the light of a natural light source in such a way that the reflected light becomes infrared light.
Tests need to be done with that type of mineral to make sure that in any circumstances that mineral will not cause any dangerous situations.
Such a type of reflected light will cause a chain of events to be triggered when that type of light hits that type of sand on Mars.
It can never be tested with hundred percent certainties that danger cannot come from modified sand.
Deep scientific questions can be asked regarding sand that can glow when it meets infrared light.
Is it possible to use such sand as a geographical indicator and spread it out over a piece of land to monitor the intensity of a form of light.
Like all sand such a type of sand can be transported with the help of canals to get it towards the desired location, but transporting it away from the desired location.
The metal of a caterpillar shovel, that has moved such a type of sand all day, can have its metal weekend by this type of sand.
Sand that can glow in the dark will generally be more transparent, and therefore more lightweight.
Lightweight sand can be moved more easily by the wind. Quantities of such type of sand on Jupiter or Mars will practically always reside in the air.
Mixing lightweight sand with normal Mars sand, on Mars, can in some cases result in tricky circumstances.
The weather on Mars influenced by its large sand dunes similar as is the case here on Earth.
Like here on Earth, on Mars too can be found different types of Rock.
The natural process in which rocks are created on Earth is the same as it is on Mars. Geology is like gravity; it is a universal unit.
Similar as here on Earth does temperature on Mars play an important role in the natural production of rocks.
The natural method of sand production on Mars the same as it is on Earth.
The temperature on Mars influences the shape of the sand grains more than it does on Earth.
Sand on Mars needs the shape of its grains to be changed will it be affected by Jupiter.
For sand on Earth to be affected by solar bursts from the Sun, the shape of the sand grains need to be different.
Sand found on Mars can be successfully used in for protection of the outer body of satellites.
Sand found on Mars can also be successfully used to protect the outer skin of trees here on Earth.
Minerals can be found in Mars' sand.
Comparing the shapes of Mars' mineral grains to that of Earth's mineral grains it can be said that both have similar shapes.
Some mineral grains found in Mars' sand are better suited to use on sandpaper.
Mars' sand is especially suited for building sand sculptures with.
Because of the weather situation on Mars, Mars' sand is better suited to be used for sand sculptures.
If looked closely at sand grains on Mars, it can be said that it housed similar organisms as sand grains do here on Earth.
Modifications need to be made to a mineral grain of Mars to make an organism from Earth can survive in it on Mars.
In a modified mineral grain from Mars, being on Mars, an organism will not have the same lifespan as it would have here on Earth.
A mineral grain on Mars contains more energy for an organism to live from. More infrared light.
Mars its mineral and sand grains can benefit from Nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology can be used to keep helping an organism alive within a sand grain of Mars.
The growth of an organism that lives within a sand grain on Mars needs to be contained.
On Earth it can be seen at excavations that the ground is often build up out of different layers of sand, such layers can also to be found on Mars. Geology is the same throughout the Universe.
Natural and geological phenomena caused such sand layers to form.
Some natural phenomena on Earth are unique in comparison to other planets.
Organisms that live within sand, on Earth, are influenced by such natural phenomena and have adapted to it.
There is evidence that some natural phenomena have a positive effect on the life of organisms living in sand.
No doubt that there is an effect on sand that absorbs moonlight in a strong way.
On Mars there is also sand that can absorb light from the Moon.
By using Nanotechnology sand grains on Mars can be made to strongly absorb light from the Moon.
Nanotechnology can provide insolation to a sand grain on Mars, and so, to the organism living inside that sand grain.
The amount of energy that an organism needs to produce its own warmth can be found on Mars.
If looked at organisms on the North Pole, it can be said that organisms can keep themselves warm.
Chemical components in the air of Mars can be used by Nanotechnology to make a micro biological environment within a sand grain for an organism to live in.
Particular shapes of sand grains can be found on Mars.
Rare shapes of sand grains can also be found on here on Earth.
There is an equivalent of a four-leaved clover when looked at sand grains.
Nanotechnology can be used to make small holes in hollow sand grain on Mars.
Turbulence of the wind is needed within such a hollow sand grain for such friction to exist that it produces heat.
The amount of heat an organism needs to survive on Mars is higher than here on Earth.
Sunlight is not by definition needed for life to flourish.
It would take Nanotechnology a bit of time to cover/coat the inside of a hollow sand grain on Mars for sunlight to be more absorbed.
On Mars there are not many light sources.
Light is barely penetrating sand layers here on Earth.
Water does leave a footprint on sand and sand grains.
If sand grains are glued to a stone and that stone is then placed in a fast-moving mountain stream, water will eventually alter the shape of that sand grain.
In the deep ocean there is a very high pressure on ocean's bottom. The shape of sand grains on the bottom of the deep ocean tell of that high pressure.
It is possible for an organism to live inside a hollow sand grain on the bottom of the ocean, while the Ocean's pressure is pressing on that sand grain.
Sand grains from the deep ocean that are hollow cope better with the pressure of the deep ocean than solid sand grains.
The material the sand grain is made of does dictate how much structural strength a sand grain can cope with.
It is possible for a granite sand grain to wear down quicker on the bottom of the ocean than a limestone sand grain.
Organisms produce chemicals that will allow them to use sand grains to build them a pressure shield to withstand water pressure.
There are large sand plains on the Moon that contain for eighty percent sand grains which have almost identical as some sand grains here on Earth.
If there has been water on Mars, i.e. oceans, then the footprint of those oceans on the sand grains are most likely like foot print of the oceans on sand grains here on Earth.
Mars' ocean sand can tell scientists about the type of organisms that have lived in those oceans.
If there were oceans on Mars, and those oceans contained organisms, it cannot be said with hundred percent certainty that those organisms lived on the same spot as ocean organism do here on Earth.
Gravity affected how organisms live throughout the Universe, no matter what type of ocean they live in.
It be that Mars' oceans would have been quite empty because of the level of gravity on Mars.
Gravity is also affecting natural sand production on Mars.
Let's say that man can mine for sand on Mars. Some type of Mars' sand will be mined for first.
There are multiple reasons that dictate to first choose to mine for a certain type of sand.
One of those reason is because that sand contains the traces of organisms.
Another reason is because the shape of the grains of that sand is very useful in major production processes that are used to build a new type of concrete.
The shape of a sand grain influences the final strength of concrete.
Nowadays certain ingredients are added to concrete because the sand grains used to make that type of concrete, are in some way not enough to get the desired result.
Making concrete with slightly radioactive sand from Mars will be beneficial from specialised purposes of concrete.
Concrete with sand of Mars in it can be used to build ever higher sky scrapers. It is the only way.
Mars' sand grains are much less negatively influenced by solar bursts which is beneficial for sky scrapers that have sand from Mars in their concrete.
Previously it was the case that sand grains were somewhat protected from solar bursts because the concrete they were used in was used to build buildings that stood much closer to the ground, and with that, were more surrounded by polluted air that protected the sand grains from the solar bursts.
Oceans are influenced by solar bursts.
The influence of solar burst on the rocks of Mars cannot be investigated yet.
The Moon is affected by solar bursts.
It is possible for a sand grain to capture and insulate air.
The amount of air a sand grain can contain depends on its size and internal structure.
Insulated in an air-filled sand grain an organism can survive on the Moon.
A sand grain would need a certain molecular structure for it to withstand the low pressure of space while being filled with air.
Like the internal structure of a sand grain the outer structure also is a contributing factor to its structural strength.
Nanotechnology can give a sand grain structural strength.
Nanotechnology, together with material found on Earth, can be used within a sand grain, that has air insulated, to produce oxygen for an organism living inside that sand grain.
There are possibilities for using Nanotechnology to affect sand grains in such a way that they resonate sound of a specific frequency.
There are sound frequencies in space.
There are even more sound frequencies found near planets such as Earth.
Making a structure that is hovering high in the atmosphere and cloth it with sand grains that resonate at a certain sound frequency.
That hovering structure could be an unmanned zeppelin.
Such a zeppelin can be used to absorb sound frequencies that are produced by metropolitan cities.
Daily live not be affected in any way in those metropolitan cities when a lot of such zeppelins absorb sound frequencies 5000 kilometres above these cities.
Radiation can be found near the position that Mars is at.
Mars itself is also contributing to that radiation.
Radiation is affecting al material in nature so, in this case, also the rocky and sandy surface of Mars.
In the same way as on Mars rocks on Earth are identically affected by radiation.
Radiation can power Nanotechnology.
Oceans absorb radiation, also the oceans that once were present on Mars.
Note that sand grains in the oceans of Mars were all laying in a highly radiation concentrated and shallow pool of water by the time the oceans of Mars were almost vaporized.
Radiation is often weakening material.
With Nanotechnology it is possible that material which is exposed to radiation get strengthened instead of weakened.
The reason for material being weakened by radiation is that radiation breaks down molecular structures.
Sand is tough material. Sand can be engineered in such a way that when it is exposed to radiation the sand grains are unaffected. Just like the cockroaches.
Nanotechnology can use radiation to chemically produce a new chemical substance.
It is possible to equip a solid sand grain with Nanotechnology in such a way that it consumes radiation.
Sand plain cultivation on Mars; mix huge quantities of sand grains, that consume radiation, with ordinary sand grains.
Sand grains with Nanotechnology in them making them consume radiation can be used to fertilize the land on Mars.
Depending on the Nanotechnology and the intensity of the radiation it can take some time for a sandy plain on Mars to get fertilized up to a meter deep.
Plants can be altered for them to be able to grow on such Nanotechnology fertilized sand plains on Mars.
If sand grains can be altered by Nanotechnology to consume radiation then for sure organisms can be powered with Nanotechnology to survive the radiation levels on Mars. Watch out for organism getting out of control: Jurassic Park.
If Nanotechnology can be used to give sand grains on the beaches of Florida a different colour, that colour would then be Pacific blue.
It is possible to equip the sand grains with such a colour that it absorbs infrared light from the sun and so people on the beach are less affected by reflected infrared light coming from ordinary sand grains.
The colour that should be chosen for the sand grains on the beaches of Florida can best be decided by a openminded and talented Miami designer.
When picking the colour of the beaches keep in mind that the prices of the houses along Florida's shoreline are not allowed to go down.
Florida can be a bit too much conservative when it comes changing the colour for their beaches. Miami is a different story. Vibrant Miami.
It is possible for Nanotechnology, that is used to give sand grains a different colour, to give the sand such a colour that it is visible for humans but not for animals. And so, the animals are not bothered with the different non-natural colour of Florida's beaches.
And there are of course the beaches of Dubai. Upcoming vibrant Dubai.
In a way the shoreline of Dubai will be more interesting to change its colour than Florida's beaches (except for Miami).
The sand grains on the beaches of Dubai are not the same as the sand grains on the beaches of Florida.
The Nanotechnology, that can change the colour of sand grains, needs to be able to withstand the warmth of the Dubai area.
The level of solar radiation on the beaches of Dubai is the same as it is on the beaches of Florida.
Sand grains, that are equipped with Nanotechnology that changes the colour of the sand, are deposited on the beaches of Dubai, will take a while to travel to a depth of one meters.
It needs to be investigated whether such sand grains, that have travelled into the ground, do not affect the foundation of the Burj-Al-Arab.
The colour of the sea near the beach will be affected if such type of sand grains will be deposited along the short artificial shore of the Burj-Al-Arab.
When looked at Dubai's architecture there are some colours that would suit the beaches of Dubai better than others.
To give spectators at the top roof of the Burj-Al-Arab a magnificent view of Dubai's shoreline, the colour of the beaches of Dubai might be a different one then looking at the beaches from ground level.
The colour chosen should suit the beaches of Dubai during the whole day and from dusk till dawn.
Looking at Dubai's character it would be a better fit to equip the beaches with Nanotechnology that changes the colour of the sand grains depending on the hour of day.
There is not a lot of wildlife on the shores of Dubai.
The life of a seagull will be affected if its feathers will be covered with sand grains that have Nanotechnology that changes the colour of the sand gains.
A seagull in Dubai still must be able to locate food in the shallow waters of the shoreline when the shallow water's sand layer is replaced by a different colour of sand grain.
Watch out, it is possible for a seagull to swallow sand that contains Nanotechnology.
Over time it is possible that a seagull's appearance is somewhat changed at dawn because its feathers are covered with Nanotechnology equipped sand grains.
The stunning appearance of the Palm Islands in Dubai can be enhanced with sand from Stonehenge to some extent.
The value of the Palm Islands would positively change if sand from Mars was used to build it.
The Palm Islands' sand from Mars giving its residents a healthy experience by adding Nanotechnology to the sand grains from Mars.
Sand from Mars is just as waterproof as the sand that is used to build the Palm Island.
Hollow sand grains from Mars are better suited than the hollow sand grains of the sand that is used to build the Palm Island, for the sand grains to resonate in a more pleasant way for the residents of the Palm Islands.
Sand from Mars that will be used to construct a new Island and that sand changing over time because the environmental circumstances here on Earth are quite different than on Mars is not likely to happen. Yet it needs to be investigated.
If sand from Mars will change over time here on Earth, it can change for the worse or the good.
Skin diseases that fish can have, will be accelerated for the worse when such fish get in contact with sand from Mars.
Humans with a skin deceases could benefit from a sand bath with sand from Mars.
Desert sand can be mixed with sand from Mars.
A huge amount of Egyptian desert sand must be exported to Mars for it to create a sand storm on over there.
The type of sand grain affect the air pressure within a sand storm.
In a similar way can sand from Mars affect the air pressure in Dubai when its beaches consist out of a large portion out of sand that comes from Mars and a sand storm picks that sand up.
At some point organisms on Earth would start to prefer sand from Mars to live in instead of the type of sand that they normally live in.
In a way the Australian Outback in the Northern Territory resembles a part of the landscape from Mars that is fertilized by using Nanotechnology.
It is possible to get a Mars look-alike of a new Palm Islands in Dubai by using red sand from the Australian Northern Territory.
Sand does affect the formation of mist in Australia's Northern Territory.
There are multiple types of sand and sand layers that can be found in the Australian Outback.
A clear distinction in shape can be made when looked at the different types of sand grains of Australia's Northern Territory.
Hollow sand grains can be found in Australia's Northern Territory.
The different thicknesses of those different types of those hollow sand grains can be measured.
It is possible for mist to reside in the hollow grains of the Australian Northern Territory.
In a way Nanotechnology can achieve for it being possible for mist to build up strength in the hollow sand grains before getting out in the open.
It is possible to make sound resonate in the hollow sand grains.
Nanotechnology can change the shape of hollow sand grains of the Australian Northern Territory.
There always is a type of sand that is better suited then other types of sand to have Nanotechnology make it grains hollow.
It is possible to tune Nanotechnology in such a way that it will only make those sand grains hollow that are constructed out of a certain mineral.
There is no doubt that sandy plains of which the solid sand grains have been made hollow by Nanotechnology will change in their behaviour.
It can very well be that such an altered sandy plain will more easily be blown away over great distances since the wind can easily pick up the hollow sand grains by using the hollow space as a handle.
Hollow sand grains can be made in such a way that these hollow sand grains will produce sound when the wind will blow over them. This feature will be great to have on the beaches of Dubai.
Dubai has wind turbulences that blow over its beaches.
There are seasons when Dubai is faced with complex wind turbulences, more than other seasons.
When instruments are played at a certain spot on the beaches of Dubai, those instruments can almost make the hollow sand grains resonate.
Hollow sand grains that can made to resonate by the wind can be tuned in such a way that these hollow grains produce a pleasant sound for the people on the beaches of Dubai, especially for moments like dawn and dusk.
A change in temperature, e.g. from daytime to dawn, can be used as a trigger for letting those sand grains produce that pleasant sound.
Each sound can be given an own identity, time and place.
Obviously, all sand that is present in Dubai comes from deserts in the Dubai area.
Sand that is used to build the short artificial shore line of the Burj-Al-Arab in Dubai made is made from sand that is from Dubai region.
Ancient Egyptian hollow sand grains can beautifully resonate when the wind blows over them.
High buildings in cities can have a lot draft and turbulence among their structure. This is also the case in Dubai.
The Burj-Al-Arab stands alone (for now) but it already has turbulence and drafts among its structure.
Nine out of ten times the turbulence and draft of the Burj-Al-Arab is always the same.
The turbulence and draft are strong enough to pick up hollow resonating sand grains from the Burj-Al-Arab's base and transport it up its structure, all the way to the top.
Different sounds can be produced by the airborne hollow sand grains when flying around the Burj-Al-Arab's structure.
It is possible to tune the resonating sound of the airborne hollow sand grains by spaying steam or dense water vapour from certain spot of the Burj-Al-Arab's structure.
Visual effects can also be created, if not hollow sand grains are used but hollow sand grains of the Australian Northern Territory.
On top of the Burj-Al-Arab there is a tennis court and a Heli-platform. It needs to be made sure the turbulence and draft do not deposit hollow sand grains there.
It is possible for such hollow sand grains to resonate small draft winds, once inside one of the Burj-Al-Arab's rooms.
With a didgeridoo it is possible to produce quite some resonating frequencies. It requires a professional didgeridoo player to let a whole sand plain of hollow sand grains resonate.
The Aboriginal people can let every part of the Australian Outback resonate, hollow sand grains or not. Mother Earth.
Animals do respond to resonating hollow sand grains while roaming the Australian Northern Territory.
It is possible for animals to distinct between a solid sand grain and a hollow one.
Australian Wildlife in one way or another are depending on the sand of the Australian Northern Territory. Likewise, for the wildlife in the Dubai region.
Nanotechnology that is applied in hollow sand grains can be changed by Australian Wildlife.
There are quite a few poisonous animals that can be found within Australian Wildlife.
If looked at the venom of e.g. a rattlesnake, tests must be done to investigate how this venom can these the Nanotechnology that is implemented in the hollow sand grains.
Nanotechnology can be used to indicate sand that has been in contact with venom from a rattlesnake.
Sand that has come in to contact with venom needs to be given a certain colour by the Nanotechnology of that sand.
Nanotechnology, used to indicate the venom in the sand, needs to be able to last in the Australian Northern Territory sand plains considering the high temperatures and the droughts.
There are types of sand that can hold water in a dry environment, such as the Australian Northern Territory, very well.
Water can sink to quite some depth within the Australian Outback.
In dry areas of Australia Nanotechnology equipped hollow sand grains can be used to indicate the presence of ground water.
Such sand grains should also be to indicate ground water at night.
Children should be learned to look for those water-indicating hollow sand grains.
Over time it can very well be that also animals start to recognize those water-indicating hollow sand grains, as a place for them dig for water.
The daily business of Australian Wildlife can change if most animals can quickly find water by using the water-indicating hollow sand grains.
The structure a hollow sand grain requires to retain in cold and hot environments is pretty much the same.
Nanotechnology can be used to seal off a hollow sand grain once its hollow space has filled itself with water.
It is not a logical thing to assume that the entry of a hollow grain is like a cocoon shape, i.e. with only one entry point.
Sand is a piece of small rock, and rock can absorb quite some water over its entire surface.
A sand grain is made up of the same material of the rock that it came from.
It is possible for water to enter the hollow space inside the hollow sand grain and push the air inside out.
A hollow sand grain, with a physical opening or not, that has absorbed water is heavier than a hollow sand grain that has not absorbed water.
If looked at the turbulent winds and draft over the entire length of the Burj-Al-Arab, wet hollow sand grains have more trouble of being transported upwards than dry hollow sand grains.
A Test can be held in the colder periods of Dubai by making the sand at the base of the Burj-Al-Arab wet.
Let's look at the water absorbing ability of rocks for a minute. Not each type of rock absorbs water in an equal strong way.
It is always the case that sand grains which comes from a rock type that does not absorb water well, are also heavier.
Sand grains from the Dubai desert are less heavy than sand grains from the Australian Northern Territory.
The resonance of the airborne dry hollow sand grains of the Burj-Al-Arab is somewhat changed when they are sprinkled with a little ether on certain heights of the Burj-Al-Arab.
The effect on the resonance of the dry hollow sand grains is different when not ether but a gas that is light such as Helium is used.
For a hollow sand grain to resonate by the wind that is blowing over it, it must have an opening for the wind to get in the hollow area of that sand grain.
When material is harder it does resonate better when hit with a similar hard object.
Have a look at the eucalyptus wood they make didgeridoos from. Eucalyptus wood that is denser resonates the sound different, and perhaps better, than didgeridoos that are made from softer eucalyptus wood.
Many beetles live in the sand of the Australian Outback.
Daily, these beetles work in some way with the sand to get food.
The daily quantity of sand a beetle in the Australian Outback must move to get around.
Sound is generated when a beetle walks over the sand plain of the Australian Outback.
If a beetle would walk over hollow sand grains instead of solid ones, more sound is produced.
Beatles in the Australian Outback always walk alone, never in groups.
Many beetles need to walk across hollow sand grains to make a rustling sound on a quiet desert night in the Australian Outback.
Parasites live in the sand. There are all sorts of sizes and shapes of parasites.
Certain hollow shapes within a hollow sand grain will be more comfortable for a parasite to reside in.
If nine out of then sand grains are not hollow on the inside, that then not necessarily means that less parasites live within such sandy plains.
It will take some time for parasites to discover the hollow sand grains when Nanotechnology is used to make hollow sand grains out of solid sand grains.
It is possible for a plague to form quite easily when a sandy plain consists for eighty percent out of hollow sand grains.
A gorgeous red sandy plain of which its sand grains are made from a crystallite material.
There is something such as Swarovski sand.
Life on a planet can be influenced by changing the shape of its sand grains.
Sand dunes in desert areas can cause small sand avalanches when walking on them.
In mountain areas that have avalanches it is not uncommon for park rangers to often trigger avalanches with dynamite to minimize the risk of a surprising avalanche. This can also be done with high and steep sand dunes.
Sand dunes also have different layers of sand that can flow over one another when large quantities of one layer starts to move.
It is true that there are different types of snowflakes.
These different types of snowflakes contribute to the forming of avalanches.
Each type of snow flake has an equivalent type of sand grain.
There types of sand grains that would suit for being used in clothing. You just need a good fashion designer.
A fashion designer can make use of the beautiful Tadrart Acacus desert, an area in western Libya and part of the Sahara.
A fashion designer can look at the sand from the Tadrart Acacus desert, the beauty of it, and pick up ideas on how to create new fashion.
Perhaps a Middle East fashion designer is better equipped, mentally and visionary-like, to pick up new ideas regarding fashion when beholding the Tadrart Acacus desert.
A certain state of mind is required to go to the Tadrart Acacus desert and feel its energy, to let yourself be inspired.
Stunning new designs will never be created if an open mind is not achieved.
Quicksand consists for sixty percent out of hollow sand grains.
Quicksand is something that can be made by man.
Is it possible to enlarge a puddle of quicksand by adding Nanotechnology to it, but it is also possible to get rid of quicksand by using Nanotechnology.
a quicksand puddle that grows in length is less dangerous than one that grows in depth.
It is possible to manipulate a quicksand puddle in such a way that it can be used as a theme park attraction.
It is possible to lower people in a transparent air sealed tube for them to experience going down in quicksand.
The quicksand attraction does not require a lot of space within a theme park such as Disneyland.
A quicksand attraction can also be built in an area that is closer to the beach.
The beauty of theTadrart Acacus desert is caused by the type of sand grain that can be found there.
Sand from the Tadrart Acacus desert will never be used within concrete production factories in Western Europe.
Libyans themselves spend leisure time at the Tadrart Acacus desert.
The base of the sand dunes go quite deep on average in the Tadrart Acacus desert.
Sand dunes in the Tadrart Acacus desert are quite high and big.
It can be explained by science why these immense sand dunes do not exist in the Australian Outback.
The age of the sand grains found in the Tadrart Acacus desert are much older than the sand grains found in Western Europe.
As people get older they start showing the scars of life, which can be a beautiful thing. In a way, a sand grain in the Tadrart Acacus desert also show scars from aging.
Nanotechnology can be used to show the age of sand grains in such a way that during the sand grain's life its colour is changing.
The look of the Tadrart Acacus desert today if yellow would have been applied for very young (kindergarten) sand grains, blue for high school level sand grains, grey for middle aged sand grains, bright orange for elderly sand grains and bright green for very old sand grains.
Very old sand grains have a collectable value and can be identified by their colour.
Few other material lasts longer on Earth than sand grains.
There are colours that are best applied for to indicate polluted sand grains, e.g. on beaches.
The smallest size a GPS transmitter must be for it being able to trace via a GPS receiver.
The distance a sand grains travels during its lifetime can be made visible when sand grains are tracked by their GPS transmitters.
An immense cloud of airborne sand grains, so big it can entirely fill up the area that has been taken in by a grasshopper plague.
Nanotechnology can give each individual sand grain a rotor blade, like a helicopter has, for that sand grain to get airborne.
Use grasshoppers themselves to be the initiators for sand grains to become airborne in the area that the grasshopper plaque settles down.
Turbulence is produced by a grasshopper plaque produced when they are airborne.
It is true that a single butterfly can create a storm large distances away.
It is because of the small but complex turbulences that are produced by the butterfly when moving its wings that a storm can be born from those turbulences.
The molecular structure of a grasshopper's outer shell is an example of nature's ability to produce high-tech molecular structures.
Nanotechnology can be used to alter the molecular structure of a grasshopper's outer shell.
It is possible for a grasshopper's shell to absorb such a quantity of desert sand, that at the time a grasshopper plaque is forming, the plague can be controlled with sand.
In indoor skiing facilities, but also on the skiing slopes, snow cannons are used to produce snow in situations that natural snowfall is somewhat too low for skiing. A sand cannon can be used to keep the grasshopper plaque away from crops.
Grasshoppers are sensitive to certain sound vibrations in the air.
Imagine the air above a crops field being quite heavily filled with airborne sand grains up to a height of about three meters. Specific sound vibrations can be invoked in such a dense sand filled air layer.
Imagine the airborne sand grains is such a layer above a crops field being filled with sand grains that can resonate the sound that is fired at them.
At some point vibrations in the air become annoying for a grasshopper plague.
Vibrations in the air that is filled with fog or heavily smog polluted can be annoying to be in, even for a grasshopper.
A certain speed can be given to a sand grain when it is airborne on a normal summer day in the Tadrart Acacus desert.
A test array must be used to see different types of sand grains being speedup by turbulence.
Sound sensors must be used to register the resonating sound of a hollow sand grain.
The force of impact a sand grain has can be measured.
The force of impact changes when different sizes of sand grains are used.
A solid sand grain can resonate when it is picked up by turbulent winds.
The shape of a solid sand grain determines how turbulent the wind must be for that sand grain to resonate and consequently produce a sound.
A fashion designer can make use of sand grains that can produce sound when they meet turbulent winds.
The engineers who build the B-2 Stealth Bomber can find out if the sand grains that can resonate in turbulent winds can be used to counter strike the loud noise of jet engines.
The engineers of the B-2 Stealth Bomber have all turbulences around the whole airplane well charted. Meaning, they do exactly know which turbulences exists at al speeds and heights the B-2 Stealth Bomber can fly.
It is not an odd thing to use three triangular shapes of titanium, coated with solid resonating sand grains, on the bottom of the B-2 Stealth Bomber near the wheel cases.
If heat of the jet engines is diverted towards solid resonating sand grains which are coated near the exhausts of the jet engines, then that heat can be used activate the Nanotechnology of each sand grain.
In the future it will be possible to lower the noise of the jet engines by letting the Nanotechnology, that is added to each sand grain near the exhausts, react with Nanotechnology that has been added to the jet fuel.
Sand grains from the beaches of Florida do last quite a time in the inside of the exhaust of a B-2 Stealth Bomber when its jet engine runs at half of its power.
At a certain temperature all rock, and sand, begin to melt.
Desert sand grains from Egypt are more resistant to temperatures of the gases that come from the B-2 Stealth Bomber's exhaust.
Lava sand is one of the best materials that can be used for coating parts of the B-2 Stealth Bomber, especially near the exhaust.
It is possible for lava rock to become lava again.

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