Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Brancaster beach is backed by sand dunes and a golf course.
The Reno, Nev. and Orlando, Fla. metros follow Lakeland, and most of the list is populated by Sand State cities.
Pictures taken by divers show the cannon were barely covered by sand.
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Inland area have not been immune, with the county council confirming Laughton Road near Gainsborough had been blocked by sand blown from nearby fields.
The beach is sheltered by sand dunes overgrown with juniper bushes, and at one point runs between the sea and a saltwater lagoon that is often home to flocks of flamingos.
However, standing in one of the country's 30 solar plants -- overlooked by sand dunes on all sides, Dawoud tells CNN that he hopes that solar technology may eventually offer a viable alternative energy source to power the UAE's huge desalination needs.
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The main island, Apo Island -- not to be confused with the better known island of the same name off the island of Negros in the central Philippines -- is a palm-fringed beauty, ringed by golden sand and home to an emerald-green interior lagoon embraced by mangroves.
Coastal ponds are usually separated from the sea by a sand dune a few metres high.
The event, which is part of Bournemouth Arts Festival, will be opened by world sand sculptor and creator of Sandworld in Weymouth, Mark Anderson.
For a brief second, she imagined her body warmed by the sun and her head pillowed by the sand, while out in the distance he waved to her between surging whitecaps.
An estimated 200 homes on the island were destroyed, and although many others suffered damage from flooding, many structures were protected by massive sand dunes that had been constructed along the oceanfront.
He said similar fences had been used all along the dunes and have now been completely buried by the sand except for the odd post exposed on the seaward side during the winter.
Formed by storm tides as early as the 10th Century, the Wadden Sea is responsible for the distinctive formations of its many islands, characterised by high sand dunes and lush, wide beaches on the open sea side and a shallow coast towards the mainland.
Puglia's other most inspirational stretch lies between Otranto and Santa Maria de Leuca, interspersing dramatic rocks washed by translucent waters and soft-sand beaches backed by shady forests, where the cri-cri of the cicale (crickets) almost deafens in summer.
Over the stone wall we looked down at the stretch of sand by the lake.
Entire villages in China's north have been lost, submerged in sand by the encroaching desert.
The process involves extracting gas from rocks by pumping in sand, water and chemicals.
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Komodo Island is also distinguished by its pink sand beach, one of only seven in the world.
The walker had to be pulled from the waterlogged mix of mud and sand by Dorset Fire Service on Friday.
Today, the mosaics are - for the most part - kept covered by layers of sand, which Ms Albetar says is the best way to preserve them.
After all, an ingot of silicon is made by taking beach sand and a bit of energy: add a bit of care and attention and there you are.
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Surrounded by majestic rolling sand dunes, the rugged landscape and blistering sun set the stage for a 5-star property filled with warm, Middle Eastern hospitality and welcoming smiles.
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Stonework on the building was damaged by a 1977 sand-blasting which, while it turned a black building white, also took off the limestone's protective facing, swiftly turning it grey again.
Without any sense of the intervening hours, Houston awakened sweaty and all bitten up by mosquitoes and sand fleas, a sagging mattress swallowing him alive, a headache pounding against his skull.
It said the preservation of relics by being buried under sand was rare outside of the Middle East.
Last August thousands of leatherback eggs and hatchlings were crushed by bulldozers moving waterlogged sand from key nesting areas.
And the sand carried by the people we met on the road was to help build a chicken shed.
The 36-ton blocks do not touch and were installed the way the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids, by tipping blocks into sand.
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