Reeling over an eternity of dunes I reach a second pan known locally as Deadvlei.
The Karans said the dunes blocked their ocean views and lowered their property's value.
The state Legislature is weighing a bill to require judges to consider dunes' benefits.
Mr. McDonough said he wasn't against dunes and agreed the beach needed more protection.
It forms almost perfectly symmetrical "star" dunes, each with several arms extending outward from the summit.
It is accessible along a dirt and sand path that crosses smaller dunes on one end.
Most coastal homeowners want the government to build dunes and widen beaches near their homes.
The area used to be all dunes, until the woodland was planted 60 years ago.
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The council said the project aims to widen dunes by up to 30 metres.
Fylde Borough Council said more than 90% of Lancashire's sand dunes were on the Fylde coast.
Proud of their heritage, many of them work in tourism, especially at Sossusvlei, where massive red dunes are found.
Oddly enough, at Nickerson, sand dunes and salt marshes are nowhere to be found, let alone an ocean beach.
Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Brancaster beach is backed by sand dunes and a golf course.
The sun rises and the dunes' color emerges, slowly changing and brightening in the desert's morning light.
Geologists will tell you that Namibia's dunes are built and shaped by wind and carved by water.
Berrow Dunes Local Nature Reserve lies within the much larger Berrow Dunes Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Dubai's camel race track is approximately 50km (30 miles) out of the city, surrounded by rolling dunes.
The development, on a 365-acre site, is to be known as Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort and Spa.
The council has attempted to manage the dunes in the past by putting up fencing and pathways.
Stony ridges gave way to tumbled boulders, slopes of sifted gravel, and then sand, blown into shifting dunes.
Except for the workmen scampering the dunes, you would not know there was anything on the other side.
The pilgrimage across the dunes of Perranporth included actors in full costume using the beach as their stage.
On Tuesday, hundreds of discarded Christmas trees gathered from across Fylde will be planted to protect the dunes.
There are stark deserts, high peaks, endless sand dunes, broad rivers, and every sort of stunning natural beauty.
Having crossed a moonscape of cracked grey mud and many more dunes, we reach the first place with any real vegetation.
Tourists camp along the fresh-water streams that flow between the dunes, and swim off the nearby Ras Irsal peninsula.
State officials said protective approaches would be tailored to each town, but dunes would be a widely used option.
It pushes forward and gathers into small lakes at the base of the dunes but often quickly dries up.
The longest section of the trail -- 16.2km -- enters the cool, shady forests of the central high dunes.
The water storms through the dune valley, but the dunes stop its advance.
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