Egypt, 2010

It’s alive. Climbing the dune, the viscous sand oozes around your feet like gritty syrup, flowing up and over your ankles; you’re wading on a water-less beach. When you raise a foot to step forward, you raise a load of sand with it, adding weight to every effort to move. Each truncated stride forward slides backward a third of it. The dune resists your conquest. It was exhausting, and hot, and fascinating.

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