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unusual facts about The Dunes



Sid Wyman

Wyman was a gambler and co-owner of several Las Vegas casinos including the Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada and The Dunes.


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Atlantic House

Suspicions centered around a black box the men had carried out to the dunes near a government radio station in Truro.

Bamburgh Dunes

An ancient Anglo-Saxon 7th century burial ground was unearthed in the dunes to the south east of Bamburgh Castle during an archaeological dig in 1998 by the Bamburgh Research Project.

Diedre Murray

In 1996 her projects included: You Don't Miss the Water, a music-theater piece, in collaboration with noted poet Cornelius Eady, produced by the Music Theatre Group; and the premiere of Women In The Dunes, a dance piece created by Blondel Cummings for the Japan Society and Mu Lan-Pi.

Domburg

His Pier and Ocean painting was inspired by the same location where James Abbott McNeill Whistler painted the Domburg sea with its characteristic piers which do not cater for the happy crowd but are meant to break waves that may damage the dunes and thus the existence of the place.

Downings

The dunes that connect the Rosguill peninsula to the mainland are also home to the Rosapenna Links course designed by Old Tom Morris, and although the original hotel and clubhouse that was patronised by the likes of John Wayne and Errol Flynn burnt down in the sixties, the new buildings seek to emulate the charm of the originals.

Empire, Michigan

With the Empire Bluffs to the south and the widely recognizable sand dunes of the National Lakeshore to the north, the area possesses breathtaking vistas of the dunes, North Manitou and South Manitou islands, and Lake Michigan.

Jan Balet

Balet commuted between his studio in New York and an old, boat house in the dunes of Montauk, Long Island, which he had converted to a studio where he painted and drew.

Joseph Storr Lister

He arranged for the town refuse to be spread over the dunes and then planted Acacia cyclops and Acacia cyanophylla between - this stopped movement of the sand and created a valuable source of fuel.

Jupiter and Io

Io, daughter of Inachus, the first king of Argos, is seduced by Jupiter (Zeus in Greek), who hides behind the dunes to avoid hurting the jealous Juno (Hera in Greek).

Lake Waitamoumou

In the 1970s the dunes between the lake and the harbour were sown with tree lupin (Lupinus arboreus) and Marram Grass, which has reduced sand movement and provided a low quality pasture.

Lee Botts

Botts is a board member emerita of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, formerly served on the board of the Delta Institute and the Save the Dunes Council, and continues as an advisor to other environmental groups including the Shirley Heinze Land Trust.

Lee Fitzgerald

Their fieldwork concentrates on the ecological factors affecting reptiles, most notably the Tupinambis lizard and the dunes sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus.

Mustang Island State Park

The vegetation holding the dunes in place are drought-resistant species such as sea oats, and soilbind morning glory.

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

The creation of the reservation involved the purchase and evacuation of the farmland, the stabilization of the dunes by planting Black Pine, an intrusive Alpine species, and the enhancement of biodiversity by the creation of artificial fresh-water pools on the inland side.

Parnaíba

Portinho Lagoon is one of the most beautiful landscapes of Piauí and the advantage that the blue waters can turn green depending on the light of the sun, the dunes, surrounding a whiff of fresh water, ideal for practicing water sports on banana boat, jet skiing and windsurfing

Raversijde

Raversijde also has the remains of the Atlantic Wall in the dunes built under the German Occupation of Belgium in the Second World War.

Ray Peterson

His performances at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, produced by Fred Vail, beginning in 1963 helped fuel a revival of "The Wonder of You," as well as launching his new relationship with MGM Records, an alliance that produced two albums: The Very Best of Ray Peterson which featured most of the Dunes singles, and The Other Side of Ray Peterson, which included many of his nightclub songs.

Samalayuca Dune Fields

Once past the dunes, Colonel Doniphan went on south, and still accompanied by the wagon train he defeated a Mexican force at the Battle of the Sacramento River, thereafter capturing Chihuahua City.

Water for Life

"Water for Life" was a concert given by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre on the night of December 16, 2006 amidst the dunes of the Sahara desert at Merzouga, Morocco.

Zomerhitte

Later, Bob is doing nature photography in the dunes near a beach on the island of Texel.