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Giant sandy ‘slug’ crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space

Giant sandy ‘slug’ crawls through floodplains in Kazakhstan, but it could soon be frozen in place — Earth from space

A large field of sand dunes located alongside the village of Oyyl in the Kazakh Steppe bears a striking resemblance to a giant slug. (Image credit: NASA/ISS program) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Oyyl dune field, Kazakhstan [49.0485097, 54.776320616] What’s in the photo? A large field of sand dunes in the shape of a slug Who took the photo? An …

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