Marissa Cooper suddenly pictured the shattered corpse of a rattlesnake lying bloody on a hot patch of yellowTexas sand so many years ago.

玛丽莎·库珀突然想起了数年前，一条响尾蛇的尸体被击得粉碎，血迹斑斑地躺在德克萨斯炽热黄沙上。

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Each couple stakes out their own patch of sand, making their photos look as if they had the beach to themselves.

每对新人会划出属于他们的一块沙地，这样在照片上看起来就仿佛他们自己拥有整个沙滩。

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You walk along this patch of sand and think of yourselves as walking along a beach and yet... there is so much more to a beach than just the water and the sand.

你走过这片沙地，想想自己正在走过一片沙滩，但是…对于一片沙滩来说是远远不止只有水和沙子的。

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The robot then draws out your portrait in a patch of sand, which you can watch live on YouTube and visitors can watch in person at the museum.

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In a diminutive state seemingly so tightly packed with beachfront development, it is astoundingly easy to escape the tourist crowds and find your own patch of sand-based paradise.

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Between his hut and a sign reading 'Please stay off the beach between 3pm and 7am' is a patch of sand containing around 80 numbered wooden markers.

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