Welcome!

This is a new blog I've created for the Science of Sand website. Hopefully we will get a group of folks together to decide how to, or show how they have used the data provided on my site. For the first year of the site, I dedicated myself to collecting sand from all 50 states, and as many countries as possible. Things have gone very well. Many states have only one or two samples, but others, such as California and Florida, are well represented. I have taken a minimum of two photographs of each sample. The first is a simple image showing the sand as it would appear in your hand. The second was taken with a macro lens that magnified the sample about 9.2 times. Some samples have more images at lower magnification based on what was contained in the sample. In addition, I've also included an image taken from the International Space Station or the Shuttle showing the general area. In some cases people also included images they took when they collected the sample. There is a HUGE amount of data. The question now is what to do with it. Hopefully during this second year ideas and lessons will evolve. Please consider joining the blog and becoming a part of this adventure.

Clear Skies,

Charlie Lindgren