Spray Day

I've been fortunate to be involved in lots of different fieldwork the last few years but today was the first that involved taking to the air! 

In conjunction with Airborne Research Australia two planes were flown along the Young Husband and Sir Richard Peninsula's here in South Australia measuring salt spray along the coast.

Both planes in flight along one of the sites. 

Another 'action' shot.

Dr Graziela Miot Da Silva as part of the ground based team.

ICAR 8 and the Badain Jaran Desert

In July the International Society for Aeolian Research held its biennial conference in Lanzhou, China. As part of the conference we were fortunate to visit the Badain Jaran desert which hosts some of the tallest dunes of earth.

As well as some massive dunes, over 140 lakes can be found between the dunes in Badain Jaran desert. 

A trip to Minqin desert control experiment station was also organised. Checkerboarding from the bus!

Chinese hospitality after a long day on the road, Inner Mongolia. 

Chinese Nebkha

Yours truly rolling the prayer wheels in Ta'er Monastry